Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1837. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. 350 pages. Hardcover quarter bound in green leather with green marbled boards. The binding is rubbed but sound. There is some splitting to the rear hinge near the foot of the spine. Nice gilt designs on the spine. Endpapers are marbled. Early owner's book plates on the front pastedown. One is of "H. L. Barton" and has a shield with three dragons' heads on within the shield and another above it. The motto on the banner reads, "Fide et Fortitu Dine." A smaller label above it offers the location of this book in the owner's library as being Case A, Shelf 4. A piece of later marbled paper, has been affixed to the front flyleaf (perhaps over another bookplate). The half title notes, "Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors. / Vol. CLXXI. / Abel Allnutt." The rear pastedown has the remains of what appears to have been a date due receipt. A sound copy with clean text.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 047093
Title: Abel Allnutt: A Novel
Author: Morier, J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Baudry's European Library
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1837
Keywords: 1837; J. Morier; Novel; Leather Binding; Paris Imprint; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible; Antiquarian.
Bookseller catalogs: Literature & Fiction; General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Marbled boards: ...
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....
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...