The Beauties Of Sterne ; Including Many Of His Letters And Sermons, All His Pathetic Tales, Humorous Descriptions, And Most Distinguished Observations On Life. Selected For The Heart Of Sensibility.
by Sterne, Laurence
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1790. Full-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The eleventh Edition, Enlarged, and Ornamented with Several Plates, from Original Drawings" The book has been profesionally restored. It has new endpapers and paste downs as well as a new spine, though the original gilt title has been retained. There is a damp stain towards the bottom of the title page, which is more obvious on its verso and along the tail of the fore-edge; there is some loss of leather at the tail of the front and black board, and the edges are chipped. Internally the book is in excellent condition: clean and solidly bound.
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013417
- Title
- The Beauties Of Sterne ; Including Many Of His Letters And Sermons, All His Pathetic Tales, Humorous Descriptions, And Most Distinguished Observations On Life. Selected For The Heart Of Sensibility.
- Author
- Sterne, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for G. Kearsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1790
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Good Reading Second Hand Books
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
Good Reading Second Hand Books
Biblio member since 2008
Benalla, Victoria
About Good Reading Second Hand Books
Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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- Gilt
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- G
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- Title Page
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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