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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
by Johnson, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. Good with no dust jacket. 1806. Hardcover. Brown full leather binding rubbed at exremities; spine ends & corners abraded; boards & backstrip soiled & scuffed; hinges & one point in textblock cracked; bookplate on front paste-down; owner's name on front paste-down & front free endpaper markered-over; top corner tip of one leaf bent; leaf edges, paste-downs, endpapers, some leaves & margins foxed, else a solid, clean volume. No dj. ; Nice b&w ils.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 192 pages .
Synopsis
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was the leading literary scholar and critic of his time. A writer of vigor, power, passion, and profundity, he helped to shape and define the Augustan Age.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46840
- Title
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- 18th Century English Fiction, Samuel Johnson Collectibles, Antique Samual Johnson Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Basement: 24mo Shelf;
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
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