Queechy
by Elizabeth Wetherell:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Heywood Manchester undated c 1896. G (no dj, very colourful attractive dark blue cloth boards with bright floral/gilt decoration spine and front board, gilt title panel spine and ornate floral decorations in yellow/red/pale blue, similar title panel and flowers on front board with gilt edges to flower petals, unfortunately there is a heavy damp stain 1" wide down the fore-edge of back board, corners lightly bumped, a heavy volume and front and back hinges beginning to crack but textblock binding remaining firm, all page edges gilt, Sunday School prize plate front fixed endpaper dated 1896,pages clean and bright with occasional scattered light foxing) octavo 642pp. Unusual to find a copy of this very scarce edition by this publisher. B/w frontis and illustrations unattributed but signed ?Chris Hammond.
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- Bookseller
- lobstabooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41793
- Title
- Queechy
- Author
- Elizabeth Wetherell:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Heywood Manchester undated c 1896
- Keywords
- Antiquarian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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- 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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- Plate
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- Spine
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- G
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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