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Illustrations Of The Life And Works Of Byron (Enlarged Hardcover Issue, 126 Plates + Text In 3 Volumes), With Bookseller's Tickets Of Edward Millard / Alice Parsons Millard Of La Miniatura, Pasadena
by Byron, George Gordon Noel; Plates Engraved By Edward Francis Finden And William Finden After Various Artists
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
John Murray 1833 1834, 1834. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fair. Three Volumes. Frontispiece, Illustrated Title, Full Title, 42 Plates With Tissue Guards Plus Extensive Text Pages In Each Volume, But Unpaginated. Full Morocco, Elaborately Gilt, All Edges Gilt, Marbled Endpapers. Originally Issued In 24 Parts 1833-1834 With 120 Plates In Total, Then With All Plates Bound In Two Volumes, Then Later The Complete Set Of 123 Plates With 3 Vignettes Was Published In 3 Volumes Incorporated Into Sets With Explanatory Text Included, As In These Examples. Heraldic Bookplates Of Edward Candler Of Morton Pinkney, "Ad Mortem Fidelis", And Large Engraved Bookplates Of Reese And Kathryn Taylor (Reese Hale Taylor Was Chairman Of Union Oil; Small Bookseller Labels Of "George M. Millard / Rare And Imported Books / 645 Prospect Crescent / Pasadena", The Business Name Of George And Alice Parsons Millard (1873 - 1938). Alice Was The Premier Pasadena Rare Book Dealer, Operating From "La Miniature". The House Frank Lloyd Wright Designed And Built For Her On The Banks Of The Arroyo Seco (He Had Previously Designed A House For Them In Highland Park, Near Chicago); After Her Husband Died, She Continued The Business Under His Name. Bindings Worn, Front Boards Detached But Present; Rebinding Would Cost Approximately $1000.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055837
- Title
- Illustrations Of The Life And Works Of Byron (Enlarged Hardcover Issue, 126 Plates + Text In 3 Volumes), With Bookseller's Tickets Of Edward Millard / Alice Parsons Millard Of La Miniatura, Pasadena
- Author
- Byron, George Gordon Noel; Plates Engraved By Edward Francis Finden And William Finden After Various Artists
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- John Murray 1833 1834
- Date Published
- 1834
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greece, Italy, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Italy;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
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