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The Four Georges; The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1886. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering and borders on spine, elaborate blind-stamped decoration on cover, brown endpapers. Illustrated with drawings by the author, Frank Dicksee, Linley Sambourne, F. Barnard, and Frederick Walker. . Head and heel of spine mildly worn, front hinge just starting, old newspaper clipping tipped-in on ffep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD.. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray Series. Vol. 23. Drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 338 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23798
- Title
- The Four Georges; The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Frank Dicksee, et al.
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Literature;, History, English History, George I, English Humourists, George II, George III, George IV
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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