What will He Do With It? in 4 volumes
by Caxton, Pisistratus [Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- , head and tail of spine and corners bumped, and lightly rubbed, slight marks on covers, light foxing on fore edge but interior/, no dustwrapper
- Seller
-
Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1859 First Edition. Hardbacks. , head and tail of spine and corners bumped, and lightly rubbed, slight marks on covers, light foxing on fore edge but interior mostly clean, books in good+ condition/, no dustwrapper. Octavo. , 404 page, 360 pages plus 16 uncut pages of publisher's catalogue at rear, 334 pages and 315 pages, half titles in all four volumes , red blind-stamped cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, blind stamped decoration on spine, pages untimmed, some uncut in one volume
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keogh's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27128
- Title
- What will He Do With It? in 4 volumes
- Author
- Caxton, Pisistratus [Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton]
- Format/Binding
- Hardbacks
- Book Condition
- Used - , head and tail of spine and corners bumped, and lightly rubbed, slight marks on covers, light foxing on fore edge but interior
- Jacket Condition
- , no dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- , Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- , 1859
- Keywords
- Caxton, Pisistratus [Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton], What will He Do With It? in 4 volumes
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Keogh's Books
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About Keogh's Books
Keogh\'s books has been going for nineteen years now, but the shop in Nailsworth is just a year old. There is also a thriving market stall in Stroud on most Saturdays, and our website.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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