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Lucy Hardinge : a second series of Afloat and ashore / by the author of ""The pilot,"" ""Jack o'lantern,"" ""Red rover,"" ""Water-witch,"" etc
by Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851). HARDINGE, Lucy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : R. Bentley, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Previous owners bookplate remains. Very good copy bound in 1/2 cloth over beveled boards. Gilt-blocked spine, with raised bands. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges slighty rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 399p ; 19 cm. Notes; American ed. published under title: Miles Wallingford. Subjects; Sea stories, American. Sea stories, American ; Fiction.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 383156
- Title
- Lucy Hardinge : a second series of Afloat and ashore / by the author of ""The pilot,"" ""Jack o'lantern,"" ""Red rover,"" ""Water-witch,"" etc
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851). HARDINGE, Lucy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London : R. Bentley
- Date Published
- 1854
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- First Edition
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- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
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