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Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures
by Jerrold, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London. Bradbury, Evans and Co. 1866. Regally bound by Bartlett and Co. in full double gilt ruled royal blue calfskin. Gilt tooled corner devices to covers. Gilt ruled spine compartments with extremely ornate gilt tooled pineapple motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titled morocco labels. Most elaborate gilt tooled turn-ins. Marbled endsheets. a.e.g. Original cloth covers and spine bound in at rear. Square 12mo (6.75" x 8"). First Edition. Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontis and further drawings en texte by Charles Keene. One of the most elegant bindings we've ever offered. A Very Fine, pristine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8376
- Title
- Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures
- Author
- Jerrold, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Regally bound by Bartlett and Co. in full double gilt ruled royal blue calfskin. Gilt tooled corner devices to covers. Gilt rule
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury, Evans and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1866.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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