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HANDLEY CROSS
by Surtees, Robert S 12b
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG book. 1st illus ed. Full red morroco with elaborate gilt.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans. VG book. 1st illus ed. Full red morroco with elaborate gilt.. 1854. 1st illus ed.. Hardcover. VG book. John Leech engravings. Orig front/back panels & spine bound in @ back. TEG. Riviere SIGNED the elaborate gilt turn ins . SIGNED "Bound by Riviere & Son" on the turn in. Binding done after 1880. Pre 1880 Rivieres did NOT include the word "son". Five gilt dotted raised ribs. All panels w elaborate floral design. NEAR FINE contents. Verso of 1st plate's verso lightly foxed, no other plates similarly effected. Text with occasional foxing spots, otherwise clean & bright. Tips & lower edges scuffed. Outer hinges lower half cracked, easily repaired. Even so, hinges sound. Gilt top edge bright & shiny as new, other edges clean, no foxing. Also, book stays closed when stood on its spine. This seems to be the most elaborate binding Riviere used for these Surtees books. See same book in BIBLIO for more scans. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001139
- Title
- HANDLEY CROSS
- Author
- Surtees, Robert S 12b
- Illustrator
- 17 hand colored engravings.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. 1st illus ed. Full red morroco with elaborate gilt.
- Edition
- 1st illus ed.
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- VG book. John Leech engravings. Orig front/back panels & spine bound, in @ back. TEG. Riviere SIGNED the elaborate gilt turn ins, Leech, riviere, bindng
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.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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"...
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