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The Life of George Borrow: Compiled From Unpublished Official Documents, His Works, Correspondence, Etc
by JENKINS, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Ex library - good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1912. April 1912 Reprint.. Cloth. Ex library - good. xxviii, 496, 4 p. 23 cm. 13 b&w illustrations. Green cloth hardcover with gold impressing. Spine and boards faded. Ink mark on spine. Ex library with call number on lower spine, labels and ink marks on endpapers and ink stamps on text block edges. Inscribed by author on half title "To W. C. Bell a fellow bookman with regards from Herbert Jenkins 29-3-13." A b&w photo is tipped in next to the inscription, marking page opposite. Attached to front free endpaper is a 1913 letter to "Bell" handwritten by the author on Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Publishers letterhead. Mark on Contents page. Pages uncut.
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- Seller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 116074
- Title
- The Life of George Borrow: Compiled From Unpublished Official Documents, His Works, Correspondence, Etc
- Author
- JENKINS, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex library - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- April 1912 Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Biography, Authors, Writers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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