The Life of Michael Kelly: Musician, Actor, and Bon Viveur, 1762-1826
by S. M. Ellis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
-
London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz. 1st ed. 400pp. Original black cloth with gilt titles to spine. VG copy, binding square and tight, decorative ex libris bookplate to front pastedown of British journalist and music critic Richard Capell (1885-1954), no jacket . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1930.
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- Bookseller
- Object Relations, IOBA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000158
- Title
- The Life of Michael Kelly: Musician, Actor, and Bon Viveur, 1762-1826
- Author
- S. M. Ellis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 400
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
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- Bookplate
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- Jacket
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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