Davenport Dunn
by Charles Lever
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Phiz. First edition first printing Octavo Hardback Half leather binding with 5 raised bands marbled boards, gilt decorated spine and title panel viii + 696 pp. Plate illustrations by Phiz a bit foxed but all present, covers slightly scuffed but otherwise Very Good condition. Previous owner's name on dedication page and end paper..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alexander's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 086860
- Title
- Davenport Dunn
- Author
- Charles Lever
- Illustrator
- Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Pages
- 704
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.65 lbs
- Keywords
- Charles Lever; Phiz; Davenport Dunn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alexander's Books
Biblio member since 2013
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
About Alexander's Books
Alexander's Books was founded in 1987 and initially traded as a bookshop in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The stock consists of approximately 15,000 books on most subjects, but specialises in History, Literature, Children's books and Topography with a good sprinkling of other subjects. We are a family business. At Alexander's Books we pride ourselves on providing a prompt and efficient service. The Alexander's Books Team
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
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