BRACEBRIDGE HALL : Or the Humorists. A New Edition. Complete 2 Volume Set
by Crayon, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Albermarle St, London: John Murray, 1823. Half-Leather. Near Very Good. Delightful sketches of British life & people by an American. Contemporary Brown Calf Half-Leather Bindings with Marbled paper covered boards and Leather corners. Blind tooled decoration to spines with Bright gilt titles & Vo. Nos. Vol I has 336 Pages & Vol II 347. 7 1/2" Tall, 890g. Atractive Antique Heraldic Bookplate pasted on endpapers. Previous owner's name at top of free endpapers. Pages in very good clean condition. Hinges sound and bindings firm. Some rubbing to boards, and edge wear with lower corners worn through. (see photos). . Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010642
- Title
- BRACEBRIDGE HALL : Or the Humorists. A New Edition. Complete 2 Volume Set
- Author
- Crayon, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- Albermarle St, London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
Biblio member since 2019
Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...