The Improvisatore; or, Life in Italy
by Andersen Hans Christian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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edinburgh, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Co. A New and Carefully Corrected Edition . Nd. c. 1875? 12mo. A good copy in gilt decorated vellum. Spine dull and lacking a small piece of the surface of the vellum at the foot and with a tear in the surface at the top. Gift inscription. Marbled endpapers. 340pp. Frontispiece and 44 albumens. Translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blacket Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4661
- Title
- The Improvisatore; or, Life in Italy
- Author
- Andersen Hans Christian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A New and Carefully Corrected Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Albumen Italy
Terms of Sale
Blacket Books
Payment should be made in advance either by credit card (Mastercard, Visa, Delta, Maestro or Switch), or by UK � Sterling cheque, or through Paypal. Cheques should be made payable to E. Laing. Postage and packing will be charged extra. Any book may be returned within 14 days. We will refund the full original order amount and, if there has been a misdescription on our part, we will also refund any reasonable refund shipping cost.
About the Seller
Blacket Books
Biblio member since 2005
edinburgh
About Blacket Books
Blacket Books is the business name of Liz and Ian Laing, who have been selling second-hand and antiquarian books since 1985. We are general booksellers but with some emphasis on Scottish, military and childrens books, and modern first editions. We are members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) and sell at book fairs throughout Scotland and the north of England. Our aim is to offer for sale worthwhile, collectable books at reasonable prices.
Glossary
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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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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....
- 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"...