EARLY PENCILLINGS FROM PUNCH
by Leech, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in tan half calf and pebble grained brown buckram, edges a little rubbed, bookplate (Glynde Place) , text block very good, clean and tight. A lovely copy.; 13" x 10"'; 252 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18366
- Title
- EARLY PENCILLINGS FROM PUNCH
- Author
- Leech, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Antiquarian, Cartoon, Political
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
Luis Porretta Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Luis Porretta Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2021
Nanaimo, British Columbia
About Luis Porretta Fine Arts
We are an on-line store and our staff has over thirty years experience in selling rare and collectable books, maps, engravings and art. We hold a very large stock of interesting items and would encourage you to visit us on-line at your leisure.
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...