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RECOLLECTIONS 1832 to 1886.
by WEST, Sir Algernon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Done up handsomely in bright red cloth with spine and upper board lettering gilt, octavo, pp. 441, [1], plus one leaf of publisher's ads. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontis and 11 other full page illustrations inserted. The 6 portrait illustrations are tissue-guarded; the 5 drawings are not. Some pages unopened (see Photo 5). Minor crimping at top page edges from about pp. 16-25 (see Photo 3). Horizontal tear with no loss at fore-edge, pp. 279 / 280 (see Photo 4). A sound copy, about Very Good. Right Honorable West, private secretary to Prime Minister Gladstone, is referred to by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "tall, handsome, and a favourite in society."
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Details
- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002254
- Title
- RECOLLECTIONS 1832 to 1886.
- Author
- WEST, Sir Algernon
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- 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....
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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