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Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair
by Henry Morley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus , 1880. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Lud Du Guernier . The new, illustrated, edition of this interesting account of Bartholomew Fair in London. A scarce new edition. In full rebacked cloth binding with gilt detail. With a frontispiece and numerous vignette engravings throughout. A comprehensive historical account of Bartholomew Fair, a charter fair that ran annually in London from 1133 to 1855. The fair was intended to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew. Henry Morley was an English academic and author who wrote many historical books and biographies of famous writers. With the publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book. In full rebacked cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards. Some fraying and shelf wear to the edges. Small marks to the front paste-down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages 135 - 138 are loosening, and there is rust around the binding to these pages. Pages generally bright and clean with some light age-toning and the occasional handling mark. Previous owner's ink signature, dated 1900 to the title page. Several pages throughout are uncut. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 832G6
- Title
- Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair
- Author
- Henry Morley
- Illustrator
- Lud Du Guernier
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Bartholomew Fair charter fairs St Bartholomew dissolution charter fairs
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Edges
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
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