Gaston De Blondeville or the Court of Henry III Keeping Festival in Ardenne, a Romance St. Alban's Abbey A Metrical Tale with Some Poetical Pieces
by RADCLIFFE, ANNE
- Used
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. 1st. Half Leather. VG+. 12mo. Four volumes in modern half brown leather with marbled boards. Gilt panelled spine gilt lettered with maroon title label. New end papers. Complete - Vol 1: 186 pp, Vol 2: 399 pp, Vol 3: 375 pp, Vol 4: 331 pp. A little soiling to the edges. Minor foxing to a few pages but a very clean tight set in fine binding.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30655
- Title
- Gaston De Blondeville or the Court of Henry III Keeping Festival in Ardenne, a Romance St. Alban's Abbey A Metrical Tale with Some Poetical Pieces
- Author
- RADCLIFFE, ANNE
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Marbled boards
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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...
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