THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
by Charles Lamb
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ivoryton, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1892 2024-02-16. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st printing: 249 pp.; blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, 8vo.: Sharp copy with firm binding (touch of cocking), touch of fraying to spine-ends/corners, one signature on blank endpage, bright interior, light rubbing to top edge: Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource for Art and Music Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240216019
- Title
- THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
- Author
- Charles Lamb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1892 2024-02-16
Terms of Sale
Resource for Art and Music Books
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
Resource for Art and Music Books
Biblio member since 2014
Ivoryton, Connecticut
About Resource for Art and Music Books
We specialize in books based in art and music as well as rare antiquarian books and ephemera.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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