Barabbas A Dream of the World's Tragedy. SIGNED COPY.
by CORELLI, MARIE:
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1895. Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. Halfbound in red crushed morocco and marbled paper to boards. Gilt line edging. Raised banding and gilt decorations and lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some rubbing to leather on edges of spine and to corners, some handling marks. Authors inscription to front endpaper “To dear Elo, from Marie Corelli, with Love. Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Dec. 29. 1902.” A couple of minor handling marks else pages all very clean, bright and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 317pp. Novel not only tells the story of Barabbas, of his love for the faithless Iscariot, and of his imprisonment and final redemption, but it brings vividly to life the chief protagonists in the tremendous drama of the crucifixion. SIGNED COPY.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94864
- Title
- Barabbas A Dream of the World's Tragedy. SIGNED COPY.
- Author
- CORELLI, MARIE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1895
- Keywords
- Literature MARIE CORELLI, Barabbas, Tragedy, imprisonment, redemption, crucifixion, US edition, signed copy, leather, fine binding, 1895
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...