George Chapman
by Phelps, William Lyon (Ed)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: T Fisher Unwin, 1895. Mermaid Series. The best plays of old dramatists with a biography. Tan bds with Brown title and decorative border to front, andbright Gilt spine title and brown decoration (fresh with bruise spine head) Brown eps, portait frontis and nicely decorated title page with tissue guard, pp 479 with nice vignettes through out. A tight clean copy not inscribed.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8446
- Title
- George Chapman
- Author
- Phelps, William Lyon (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- All Fools; Bussy D'Ambois; The Revenge of Bussy D.Ambois; The Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron; the Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre & Plays;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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