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CLEMENT LORIMER; OR THE BOOK WITH THE IRON CLASPS
by Reach, Angus B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: David Bogue. Very Good+. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. LITERATURE . Binding by Zahnsdorf in full tan levant morocco, sides with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt paneled back, gilt inner dentelles & gilt top. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 12 full-page etchings by George Cruikshank. (vi, [2], 280pp). Text & hinges tight & intact. Protected in a cloth slipcase. Archival tape reinforcement to frontis at gutter with verso of frontis facing title page; leaves clean & unmarked; plates generally free from foxing. Literature. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 280 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17829
- Title
- CLEMENT LORIMER; OR THE BOOK WITH THE IRON CLASPS
- Author
- Reach, Angus B
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David Bogue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Art;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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