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The Life of Mrs. Jordan; Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries. Third Edition, In Two Volumes.
by BOADEN, JAMES:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Edward Bull, 1831 3rd. Two volumes, hardback 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound calf leather and patterned blue cloth to boards. Full floral gilt decorations to spines, gilt lettering to leather spine labels, numbered labels with inset blue details. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped and nicked. Fading to board edges and front of vol.1. Bookplates to endpapers “William Carr.” Frontis portrait tanned/darkened, faint water staining to edges, offsetting and foxing to main title page opposite. Mild foxing spots and handling marks to pages, repair to tear on corner of facsimile letter. Else tight copies. 368 & 364pp. Illustrated with a B&W engraved frontis portrait in vol.1. and a fold-out facsimile letter in vol.2.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93949
- Title
- The Life of Mrs. Jordan; Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries. Third Edition, In Two Volumes.
- Author
- BOADEN, JAMES:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Edward Bull, 1831 3rd
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES Fine Binding Illustrated Books Biography
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Gilt
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