New York: E. Ferrett and Company, 1846. Leather_bound. Fine. Royal 8vo in three quarter green morocco over lighter green linen cloth, ruled in gilt. Raised hubs, Spine ruled and lettered in gilt and with shamrock-design inlays in the compartments. Top edge gilt. The Illustrated Edition. Lithographic first title page printed in gilt and colors. 383 pp. Profusely illustrated with full and partial pages engravings throughout the text (full page plates with tissue guards). A tight, internally bright example, trace of small, shallow tidemarking upper border of first aprox. 80 pp. Fine is fine and tight, spine strip just a bit faded to olive, rather than emerald, green.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E15757W
Title: Sketches of Irish Character (in fine binding)
Author: Hall, Mrs. S.C
Format/Binding: Leather_bound
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: E. Ferrett and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1846
Keywords: ireland, irish, fine binding

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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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: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine Strip: The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
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...
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...