The Life of Charlotte Bronte. [Pocket Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN ART-NOUVEAU SERIES BINDING
by GASKELL Elizabeth Cleghorn
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith Elder & Co.,, [c.1889]. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered with series title in blue, free endpapers very faintly browned, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, an unusually well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Published as the seventh and final volume in Smith Elder's series 'The Bronte Novels etc. This edition has an attractive art-nouveau style binding, blocked and lettered around a spreading tree. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49410
- Title
- The Life of Charlotte Bronte. [Pocket Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN ART-NOUVEAU SERIES BINDING
- Author
- GASKELL Elizabeth Cleghorn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith Elder & Co.,
- Date Published
- [c.1889]
- Keywords
- literature, bronte, brontes, charlotte bronte, currer bell, gaskell, mrs gaskell, elizabeth gaskell
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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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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...