Abd-el-Kader; a poem in six cantos.
by Viscount Maidstone [George William Winchilsea]:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1851. First edition (hardback). 8vo, xxxix, 351pp. Half brown calf, gilt-tooled spine. Edges of binding rubbed, preliminary pages foxed, bookplate to the front pastedown, else this copy is in very good condition. Author's presentation copy, inscribed "Marianne Sophia Rice from her affectionate brother-in-law, George William Winchilsea, Haverholme Priory, July 10th 1851"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20370
- Title
- Abd-el-Kader; a poem in six cantos.
- Author
- Viscount Maidstone [George William Winchilsea]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chapman and Hall, 1851.
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Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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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...
- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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