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Etruscan Bologna: A Study
by Burton, Richard F
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1876. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition [Penzer, pp. 92-93] in a contemporary rebind. One of the scarcer Burton titles. Red cloth boards with tips and spine in red leather. Clean text; xii, 275 pages; marbled endpapers; top-edge is gilt. Indexed. With a tipped-in errata slip. Before the Title Page is a two-page illustration of a "Synoptical Table of the Paleo-Ethnological Remains of Central Italy." The textblock is Fine, fresh and bright, but the binding has issues. Both boards are present, but fragilr, with the front close to being disbound. The spine surface has been abraided so none of the leather remains. Please note the condition issues; Quercus must offer this book as a Binding Copy, in need of repair or restoration.. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006224
- Title
- Etruscan Bologna: A Study
- Author
- Burton, Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Fine
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