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The Friend. A series of essays to aid in the formation of fixed principles in politics, morals, and religion. With literary amusements interspersed.
by (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Pickering, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 3 Vols. bound in full calf with blind tooling to sides, gilt and blind tooling to spine along with gilt tooled leather labels, and speckled text block edges. Binding shelf worn especially along edges and joints, also there is the odd mark/scuff to sides. Otherwise contents are clean and sound. Size: 16mo. 3-volume set (complete). Category: Literature & Literary; .
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- Bookseller
- The Petersfield Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92517
- Title
- The Friend. A series of essays to aid in the formation of fixed principles in politics, morals, and religion. With literary amusements interspersed.
- Author
- (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- BZDB16 Literature & Literary; (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge The Friend. A series of essays to aid in the formation of fixed principles in politics, morals, and religion. With literary amusements interspersed.
Terms of Sale
The Petersfield Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Petersfield Bookshop
Biblio member since 2023
Petersfield, Hampshire
About The Petersfield Bookshop
"The Petersfield Bookshop" is a traditional bookshop and specialises in buying and selling Antiquarian and second-hand books, but also sells antique maps and prints and. Inside the shop there is a display of antique dolls from Ann Westwood's private collection. A special feature of the premises is a canopied forecourt where second-hand books can be bought 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
Our opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Saturday. (Other times available by appointment)
There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
Our opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Saturday. (Other times available by appointment)
There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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