History of English Literature
by TAINE, H.A. [Hippolyte Adolphe]; VAN LAUN, H. (translation)
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd, 1895. Connoisseur Edition. One of 25 sets, numbered and specially bound, this being no.8. Eight octavo volumes (23.75cm); full black crushed morocco, spines in six compartments, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines, and triple gilt-ruled border on covers; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt; xiv,225,[5]; xiii,226-433,[5]; x,238,[4]; x,239-447,[5]; xii,238,[4]; xii,239,462,[4]; xii,226,[4]; xiv,227-476,[4]pp, with frontispieces and 58 plates. Light wear to joints and extremities, touch of dustiness, finger-soil and a few scuffs to covers, with faint foxing to text edges; contents relatively clean, with hinges sound; Very Good+. Handsome edition of the French critic and historian's landmark work on English literature, published first in France in 1863, and translated into English in 1871. Gebbie published this set in a variety of issues, the Connoisseur Edition representing the smallest available limitation.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49766
- Title
- History of English Literature
- Author
- TAINE, H.A. [Hippolyte Adolphe]; VAN LAUN, H. (translation)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Connoisseur Edition
- Publisher
- The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...