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Johnson's England: An Account of the Life & Manners of his Age, Volumes I and II
by Edited by A. S. Turberville
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$210.27NZ$157.70
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About This Item
Johnson's England: An Account of the Life & Manners of his Age, Volumes I and II, Edited by A. S. Turberville
Hardback, 1933, first edition, illustrated, published by Clarendon Press Oxford, xxiii + 405 pages and 404 pages respectively.
Quarto/4to, measures around 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" by 1 1/2". Books and dust jackets in excellent condition for age. Dust jackets very clean, only slight marking and wear, apart from spines which are discoloured, scuffed and have a little wear at head and tail areas, plus a very small tear at rear top of volume I jacket. Jackets appear to have been price-clipped. Blue cloth binding, blind-stamped/embossed front boards, gilt lettering to spines. Very clean, hardly any wear, colouring vivid. Bindings firm. Page edges deckled at lower and fore-edges, a little scuffed but very clean. Some offsetting to endpapers but page surfaces very clean, no inscriptions, underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-570
- Title
- Johnson's England: An Account of the Life & Manners of his Age, Volumes I and II
- Author
- Edited by A. S. Turberville
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press Oxford
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Marginalia
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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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...
- Cloth
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