The Immortal Fountain, or the Travels of Two Sisters to the Fountain of Beauty
by EDLESTON, R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: James Speirs, 1879. Hardback. Good+. Decorated blue and gilt cloth boards, 63 pp. All page edges red. The text of each page has a plain red border, with a small design repeated at the four corners. Boards bumped and rubbed at edges, marked, slightly scuffed, with very slight blistering to cloth of black board. Neat ink inscription to half-title (Victoria, with Papa's love, June 1894). Pages slightly browned, very occasional light spots of foxing to first few pages; dark spot to lower margin of p 33, showing through to pages 31-38. A good tight copy. Size: 6 x 4 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ripping Yarns (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15472
- Title
- The Immortal Fountain, or the Travels of Two Sisters to the Fountain of Beauty
- Author
- EDLESTON, R
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Speirs
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- RELIGIOUS VICTORIAN FICTION
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...