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THE GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY containing A Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings ...... 32 vols.
by Chalmers, Alexander 34a
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- GOOD to VG set. 1st thus ed. VG to NEAR FINE internally.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for J Nichols & Son.. GOOD to VG set. 1st thus ed. VG to NEAR FINE internally.. 1812-17. 1st ed thus.. Hardcover. GOOD to VG set. VG to NEAR FINE internally. Initially published in 1761, then in 1784 & expanded to 15 vols in 1798-1810. . Chalmers took this 15 vol edition, which was principly edited by William Tooke, and to 32 vols. 1908 DNB says: "No man ever edited so many works as Chalmers for the booksellers of London. ... But the work on which his fame as a biography chiefly rests is [this 32 vol set]". First 4 vols were printed monthly starting in May 1812, last vol in Mar 1817. Each vol has own index. Vol 32 has a general index. Full calf. 6 spine compartments. 2nd a gilt lettered red leather title label, 3rd a gilt lettered black leather vol # label. Blank panels all decorated & edge ruled in gilt. Board surfaces double edge ruled in blind. Board edges gilt devorated. Likely some sort of EX LIBRARY. Each vol with bookplate of Irish college and a locator label on spine heel. No other EXLIB markings. Contemporary bkplts. The NEAR FINE text condition and overall light cover wear indicates these were non circulating and may have been an academics personal library. CONDITION: All spines, edges & extrems with light wear, spine ends with 1/4" chips, weak hinges. Vol 4 front board detached. Vol 1 & 6 boards holding only by cords, backstrip left heel area chipped away, vol 32 backstrip cracked at center. All pre & postlims moderately foxed. Text largely free of foxing, aging, soiling, etc. BUT: vols 5-19 pre & postlims damp stained. All told a decent & useful set. WARNING, APPEARANCE NOT AS GOOD AS THE PIX. .
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- Seller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001088
- Title
- THE GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY containing A Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings ...... 32 vols.
- Author
- Chalmers, Alexander 34a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD to VG set. 1st thus ed. VG to NEAR FINE internally.
- Edition
- 1st ed thus.
- Publisher
- Printed for J Nichols & Son.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1812-17
- Keywords
- GOOD to VG set. VG to NEAR FINE internally. Initially published in, 1761, then in 1784 & expanded to 15 vols in 1798-1810.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- Foxed
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- Heel
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- Bookplate
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- VG
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