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Ralph Roister Doister, A Comedy; and The Tragedie of Gorboduc
by UDALL, Nicholas; Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1847. Hardcover. Good. First edition thus. Tall octavo. lxviii, [4], 160pp., with one facsimile plate facing the letterpress title page of The Tragedie of Gorboduc. In the original publisher's cloth, both covers have the same design stamped in blind, gilt spine. Near contemporary owner's name in ink on front free endpaper and small armorial blind stamp on title page. Cloth boards are sunned, chipping to the head and tail of spine, modest toning to the endpapers, the facsimile plate is toned, a good or better copy likely lacking the first facsimile plate.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 461057
- Title
- Ralph Roister Doister, A Comedy; and The Tragedie of Gorboduc
- Author
- UDALL, Nicholas; Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for the Shakespeare Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- BookCollecting, Drama, EnglishLiterature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama; Book Collecting;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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