Sartor Resartus AND On Heroes, Hero-Worship And The Heroic In History
by Carlyle Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall 5 tissue-guarded portrait plates; 2 works in one volume; Not dated: published c. 1900 ?; Leather-Bound Hardback: full black polished calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, spine panelled with raised bands, gilt front edges, red leather lettering-piece, all edges and end-papers marbled, title-page printed in red and black; School prize bookplate (Abingdon School) to front pastedown and school coat of arms to top board; Calf rubbed at corners, spine bands and at head & foot of spine, rear free end-paper torn (no loss), boards a touch splayed, a vg copy of a handsome book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Bookfare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8284
- Title
- Sartor Resartus AND On Heroes, Hero-Worship And The Heroic In History
- Author
- Carlyle Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- ON HEROES ABINGDON SCHOOL LEATHER BINDINGS
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Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Spine
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