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Davenport Dunn: A Man of Our Day.
by Lever, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1872. Roistering tale by the neglected Irish Victorian author; one of a uniform edition. Engravings by 'Phiz.' Hardcover, half green calf, red leather labels, gilt titling & decoration. Rubbed & scuffed, spine darkened, title label chipped; flyleaves and first & last few pages foxed, plates lightly foxed.. Later Printing. Half Calf. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Phiz (H. K. Browne). Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- q0235
- Title
- Davenport Dunn: A Man of Our Day.
- Author
- Lever, Charles
- Illustrator
- Phiz (H. K. Browne)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Literature
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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