THE LIFE OF NELSON
by Southey, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1830. Hardcover. Dark brown 1/2 calf & brown marbled boards, bookplate ( Julia Sharp - Highbury Crescent ) , owners sig. , front hinge tastefully repaired, edges lightly rubbed, a lovely clean, tight copy. ; Small 12mo; 352. pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10377
- Title
- THE LIFE OF NELSON
- Author
- Southey, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Keywords
- Biographies, Antiquarian, Nelosn
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHIES;
Terms of Sale
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Luis Porretta Fine Arts
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Nanaimo, British Columbia
About Luis Porretta Fine Arts
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.