Our Village
by Mitford, Mary Russell; Ritchie, Anne Thackeray (Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. [7]-lx, [3], 4-256pp. Contemporary full morocco by Riviere, raised bands, spine in six panels, title and author lettered directly to second panel, remaining panels with central lozenge volute tool and volute corner pieces, covers with central arabesque surrounded by elaborate roll, a double fillet frame, a circle and star roll, another double fillet frame and a dotted roll border, edges with double fillet roll, inner edges with a volute roll border, a double fillet frame with dotted roll between the lines and a rope roll to inner edge, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Slightly rubbed to extremities, small patch of discolouring to upper and lower covers, internally quite bright and clean. One of four hundred and seventy large paper copies, with twelve full page illustrations. Bound by Riviere and Son in 1894, for L.S. Montague (or Montagu), 2nd Baron Swaythling (1869-1927), financier and co-founder of the anti-Zionist League of British Jews. A unique copy of this large paper edition, signed by Thomson to head of title, with the original cloth, the upper panel of the original dust jacket, the spine and upper panel of the original gilt cloth of the standard octavo edition, and the spine and upper panel of the dust jacket for that standard octavo edition, all bound in at the rear. Signed by Artist. First Thus. Hardback. Good+. Illus. by Thomson, Hugh. 4to. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001508
- Title
- Our Village
- Author
- Mitford, Mary Russell; Ritchie, Anne Thackeray (Introduction)
- Illustrator
- Thomson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Montague, Literature, Mitford
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
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