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THE NOBILITY OF LIFE ITS GRACES AND VIRTUES
by Valentine, L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
-
Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Company, 1869. Portrayed in Prose and Verse by the Best Writers. Selected and edited by L. Valentine. 192 [ii pub. ads] pp. Dec. brown buckram binding woth ornate titles and borders. 24 original pictures printed in colour, elaborate borders, headings, and vignettes. Engraved by the Dalziel Bros. Edward and George. Title-page printed in red and black [foxed]. 26cms. All edges gilt. A v.g. copy with a shaken binding. Intact but a trifle loose. Scarce in the first edition. 24 Chromolithic plates by Kronheim & Co and Edmund Evans. 6 vignette headpieces by Houghton.. 1st Edition. hardcover. V.g.. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MH005
- Title
- THE NOBILITY OF LIFE ITS GRACES AND VIRTUES
- Author
- Valentine, L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1869
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- Kronheim
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
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- PUB
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- Vignette
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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...