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The Tales Of The Genii. Translated From The Persian By Sir Charles Morell. With Memoirs Of The Author.
by MORELL Sir Charles [pseudonym of James Ridley. 1736-1765 ] .:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Sudbury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for C. and J. Rivington; J. Nunn; T. Cadell... et al (10 others), 1824 .. A very good full leather binding. 12mo. 5.0" x 3.0" x 1.0". pp.ix/[3pp.]/pp.480 . Black morocco binding with blind-stamped decoration, edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Flat spine with gilt tile: "Tales Of The Genii". All page edges gilt (rubbed ). A few gatherings just proud of the text block. Inner gilt dentelles. Yellow endpapers (soiled). Small pink bookseller's label to verso of the front board: "G Paul. Bookseller. Bury." Extra engraved frontis and title-page, followed by a printed title-page (all lightly soiled). Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper. Colophon to base of last page: "London: Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars." VG. ** Note from British Library Hub: "In fact an original work by James Ridley, writing under the pseudonym Sir Charles Morell, based on the 'Arabian nights' . "
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- Bookseller
- Chilton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48719
- Title
- The Tales Of The Genii. Translated From The Persian By Sir Charles Morell. With Memoirs Of The Author.
- Author
- MORELL Sir Charles [pseudonym of James Ridley. 1736-1765 ] .:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for C. and J. Rivington; J. Nunn; T. Cadell... et al (10 others), 1824 .
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 50159 Ridley, James C. and J. Rivington The Tales Of The Genii. Translated From The Persian By Sir Charles Morell 0
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- LITERATURE / 19TH CENTURY;
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About the Seller
Chilton Books
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Sudbury, Suffolk
About Chilton Books
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Glossary
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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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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