Washington Irving: A Sketch
by CURTIS, George William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Grolier Club, 1891. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full red leather, gilt, gilt medallion. 115pp. Top edge gilt; deckle edges. 3 full-page plates. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear. A tight and handsome first edition, limited to 344 copies, of this typically lovely Grolier production. Rather scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32906
- Title
- Washington Irving: A Sketch
- Author
- CURTIS, George William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Grolier Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Literary Criticism;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- 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...
- Gilt
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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