Historical Portraits Some Notes on the Painted Portraits of Celebrated Characters of England Scotland and Ireland
by Wheatley Henry B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons, 1897 Slate blue cloth hardcover with darker blue pictorial design and bright gilt stamped lettering, top edges gilt, xii p., erratum, 276 p., illustrated, corners show light wear, spine ends bumped, very light soil, very minor crack at signatures between pages 64 & 65, a few minor specks of foxing, very slightly cocked, generally a decent fairly clean tight copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DJ Ernst-Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001635
- Title
- Historical Portraits Some Notes on the Painted Portraits of Celebrated Characters of England Scotland and Ireland
- Author
- Wheatley Henry B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Art, Art History, British Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Antiques;
Terms of Sale
DJ Ernst-Books
All items carefully described. All items returnable for refund within reasonable time after receipt. I try to eliminate returns by accurate and extensive description.
About the Seller
DJ Ernst-Books
Biblio member since 2006
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
About DJ Ernst-Books
A small clean well-lighted store established in 1975 in Selinsgrove Pennsylvania, DJ Ernst-Books offers a diverse interesting stock of out-of-print, used, and antiquarian books. There is limited space and therefore quality is stressed over quantity. I treat each customer as an important person. My book shop is open 6 days a week, and is located in the scenic Susquehanna River Valley. Susquehanna University, with their expanding writing program, is located in Selinsgrove. Thus, several of my customers are writers or aspiring writers.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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