Thaddeus of Warsaw (Hard Cover)
by Porter, Miss Jane
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co. REVISED EDITION with addition of new notes by the author. Not dated ca 1880. Lovely blue cloth black stamped Victorian binding with gilt lettering on the spine and the front cover. Spine darkened from handling. Decorative endpapers. Gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Overall in GOOD condition. Jane Porter was a Scottish novelist. Her novel Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) is one of the earliest examples of the historical novel, and it went through a dozen editions. Based on eye-witness accounts from Polish refugees of the doomed independence struggle of the 1790s, the book was praised by the great Polish patriot Kosciusko. . Full Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019288
- Title
- Thaddeus of Warsaw (Hard Cover)
- Author
- Porter, Miss Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Belford, Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Ziern-Hanon Galleries
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ziern-Hanon Galleries
Biblio member since 2010
Saint Louis, Missouri
About Ziern-Hanon Galleries
Our store is open to visitors by appointment only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...