The Life of Joseph Addison
by Aiken, Lucy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes. 8vo. (xii),50;(viii),256pp. Brown ribbed cloth embossed in blind on the boards and spine and with gilt titles on the spine. Coated endpapers. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Neat ownership names on the front free endpapers. A fine set in the original cloth and scarce thus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18776
- Title
- The Life of Joseph Addison
- Author
- Aiken, Lucy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...