The Sunshade; The Glove; The Muff
by Octave Uzanne
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued)
- Seller
-
Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
J. C. Nimmo & Bain, 1884. 1st UK Edition . Hardcover. Good/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paul Avril. Original publisher's pinkish grey cloth covered boards with lightly rubbed gilt lettering to faded spine, red printed decoration to front, light edgewear, lightly bumped spine ends and corners, and moderate soil. Minor uneven sunning to boards also. Binding cracked in a few places, otherwise sound. Deckle-edged, gilt topped text block. Text clean. Interior mildly toned, save for a few pages which are almost uniformly toned several shades darker. Minor, scattered foxing and smudges of soil to interior, mostly near page edges. Pages are thick, handcrafted paper watermarked with overlapping "A" and "O". Profusely illustrated by Paul Avril on every page of text with highly detailed monochrome headpieces, borders, etc. Early gift inscription in ink to ffep. No bookplates, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Publisher's catalog bound in at rear, featuring several pages of titles for sale as well as ads for barristers' bookcases and other book supplies. A real delight for collectors of aesthetic movement period books and fashion books alike!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000111
- Title
- The Sunshade; The Glove; The Muff
- Author
- Octave Uzanne
- Illustrator
- Paul Avril
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Publisher
- J. C. Nimmo & Bain
- Date Published
- 1884
- Pages
- 138
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
Glossary
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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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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