Bracebridge Hall or The Humourists
by Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. R. Caldecott. Green cloth/cranford style edition of Irving's follow-up to his wildly popular The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Bracebridge Hall employs a similar format, consisting of loosely connected stories from his pseudonym Crayon who has installed himself at an English Country House. With tissue guarded frontispiece and b/w illustrations throughout. All edges gilt. Slight cocking to spine. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents prim and binding tight. Very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005792
- Title
- Bracebridge Hall or The Humourists
- Author
- Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving)
- Illustrator
- R. Caldecott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- humour, short stories, sleepy hollow, comedy, folk tales, mysteries,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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- 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.
- 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....
- 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...