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Tragedies ; To Which are Added a Few Sonnets and Verses
by Talfourd, T. N
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
Item Price
A$77.59A$62.07
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About This Item
London: Edward Moxon, 1844. First edition half green calf with marbled boards. Four raised bands on spine with gilt flower decorations. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Prior owner's neat signature and 1844 on second free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, well cared for copy. Leather is moderately rubbed at corners. Binding is tight and sound, and pages are free of markings, creases, or foxing. Very nice copy. xii, 276pp, appendix. Preface by the author.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25009
- Title
- Tragedies ; To Which are Added a Few Sonnets and Verses
- Author
- Talfourd, T. N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Size
- 12mo - over 6" - 8" Ta
- Keywords
- Poetry Verse Victorian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Turn-The-Page Books
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Skyway, Washington
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Customer service is our top priority! Susan is an ALA member librarian and lifelong book collector and enthusiast. Peter has happily spent over 30 years in the used book business. Books are well packaged to prevent damage in transit.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
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