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Hide and Seek.
by COLLINS, Wilkie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Richard Bentley, London., 1854. First edition. Octavo. Three volumes: pp viii, 297, [2] adverts; [iv], 322, [2] adverts; [iv], 332. Mid-Twentieth Century binding by Rivière of three-quarter red morocco with raised bands, gilt decorated spines, gilt rules, cloth sides. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. With the burgundy leather ex libris Beeleigh Abbey bookplate of W.A. Foyle on the front pastedown of each volume. The author's third novel, it is believed to be one of the first portrayals of a deaf character in English literature. Faint traces of ownership signatures on title-pages of Vols. II and III. Upper corners of first pages of Vol. II a little creased. Very good indeed. Rare.
Synopsis
This ed. originally published: 1993.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLINSW020817
- Title
- Hide and Seek.
- Author
- COLLINS, Wilkie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley, London.
- Date Published
- 1854
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
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LONDON
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A shop in one of the last remaining bookselling enclaves of London, with a carefully selected stock of modern first editions, art and illustrated books, travel literature and other subjects. Known for books in fine condition.
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