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Donovan; Won by Waiting; We Two; Max Hereford's Dream; In the Golden Days; Knight Errant; A Hardy Norseman (7 vols)
by Lyall, Edna
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
NY: Lovel or Lovell and Coryell, 1890. Crown octavo, half tan calf with marbled paper sides, spines elaborately gilt in 6 compartments with red and navy blue labels, top edges gilt. Very Good. Internally clean, no markings, bindings tight, leather moderately spotted (see photo). Lovell published 8 works by Lyall over the 1880s and 90s; we find no record that they were issued as a set. Here are seven of them in uniform fine bindings.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Whale Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017466
- Title
- Donovan; Won by Waiting; We Two; Max Hereford's Dream; In the Golden Days; Knight Errant; A Hardy Norseman (7 vols)
- Author
- Lyall, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Crown octavo, half tan calf with marbled paper sides, spines elaborately gilt in 6 compartments with red and navy blue labels, t
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lovel or Lovell and Coryell
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1890
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Charlottesville, Virginia
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
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