LORNA DOONE: A Romance of Exmoor. 2 Volumes.
by Blackmore, R. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/NONE
- Seller
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Trenton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Chicago:: Rand, Mcnally & Company,. VG/NONE. Hardcover. Attractive two-volume set in marbled boards with spines in leather with raised bands and corners in matching leather. Hinges sound, uncracked; pages tight, clean, unmarked; marble endpapers, with remnants of bookplate on pastedowns of both volumes. Top edges gilt. Frontis in both volumes with tissue guards intact. No DJs. No publication date, but set appears to be late 19th or very early 20th century. An attractive set. ; .
Synopsis
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset.
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- Bookseller
- Nelson & Nelson, Booksellers (Wise Street Books) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46103
- Title
- LORNA DOONE: A Romance of Exmoor. 2 Volumes.
- Author
- Blackmore, R. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/NONE
- Publisher
- Rand, Mcnally & Company,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago:
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Nelson & Nelson, Booksellers (Wise Street Books)
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Trenton, South Carolina
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Glossary
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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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.