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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
by Sidney, Sir Philip
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Printed By William Du-gard, 1655. 'The tenth edition. with his life and death; a brief table of the principal heads, and som other new additions'. Rebound in dark brown leather and cloth, panelled spine with decs and dark green title panel. Some scuffing and peeling to leather, some fraying and chipping to front board which also has a few stains and rubbings. Marbled endpapers and red painted closed edges. Some pages are closely trimmed but with no loss of text. Previous owner name and date of 1763 to title page in brown ink. Occasional brown ink stains or marginalia and a few pages are browned, but overall very clean and tidy, tight bind.. Half Leather. Very Good. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56224
- Title
- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Author
- Sidney, Sir Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Printed By William Du-gard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1655
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
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
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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