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Speaking Likenesses
by Rossetti, Christina
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth, all edges gilt. Brown endpages. Spine ends a bit frayed, mild bumping/rubbing to cloth, some scuffs/soil to cloth. Small paper strip of bookseller description affixed to fep. Ffep verso a bit spotted. Tissued frontis, title page vignette, all plates present. Pages secure. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46491
- Title
- Speaking Likenesses
- Author
- Rossetti, Christina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1874
Terms of Sale
curtis paul books inc.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
Biblio member since 2014
Northridge, California
About curtis paul books inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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