THE NOVELS AND NOVELISTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE MANNERS AND MORALS OF THE AGE
by Forsyth, William
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About This Item
London:John Murray, 1871. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. London:John Murray. 1871. 1st edition. viii+347pp+16pp ads+16ppads. Hardcover. Green boards with decoration in gilt to covers and title in gilt to spine strip rubbed, soiled, (with some discolored spots), and shelfworn, with wear to edges, spine ends chipped, and edge points worn to boards. Internally, bookplate of Thomas B. Mosher* to inside front board, with some slight age-toning to first and last few pages, otherwise clean. The binding is tight with rear hinge intact, but front hinge cracked. A good solid copy. *"Thomas Bird Mosher (1852-1923) was an American publisher out of Portland, Maine. He is notable for his contributions to the private press movement in the United States, and as a major exponent of the British Pre-Raphaelites and Aesthetes as well as other British Victorians."...Wikipedia
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- Parnassus Book Service
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- 26392
- Title
- THE NOVELS AND NOVELISTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE MANNERS AND MORALS OF THE AGE
- Author
- Forsyth, William
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London:John Murray
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- LITERATURE;NOVELS; NOVELISTS; THOMAS BIRD MOSHER;
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- Spine Strip
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- Cracked
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
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- Tight
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- Bookplate
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- Jacket
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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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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