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The Last Days of Pompeii
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Very Good Condition/Good. BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD. The Last Days of Pompeii, Verona: Officina Bodoni for the Limited Editions Club, 1956. Quarto, No. 1236 of an edition of 1500, pp. xxi, 513, 2 (limitation page), printed gray linen boards, illustrated with woodcuts by Kurt Craemer, signed on the limitation page by Craemer and Giovanni Mardersteig, the printer, bookplate on ffep. Condition of this book: Slipcase worn but sound. Dust jacket sunned at spine, chipped, loose. Leaves clean and tight, edges spotted, images fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Italy; Ancient (BC); Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51584. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51584
- Title
- The Last Days of Pompeii
- Author
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (in Slipcase)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Officina Bodoni
- Place of Publication
- Verona
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB17 History; Italy; Ancient (BC); Art & Design. Edward Bulwer-Lytton The Last Days of Pompeii
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Warwick, New York
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
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