Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor. Illustrated edition, 2 volumes.
by Blackmore, R.D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
NY: John C. Winston. Hardcover. VG. Preface to the 20th edition is dated 1882. 2 volumes. 8vo, red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on front and spine, top edge gilt, ribbon bookmark, 565, 516 pages, photogravure frontis and illustrations in each volume (illustrations by Charles L. Mitchell, F. Firth & Co., and photogravures by A.W. Elson.) Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: . light edgewear to boards, spines are very slightly darkened, internally clean and tight with a faint yellowing to the pages. A very nice set of this classic romance.
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
- Bygone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16579
- Title
- Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor. Illustrated edition, 2 volumes.
- Author
- Blackmore, R.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature / Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Bygone Books
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Bluffton, South Carolina
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- Gilt
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- VG
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- Cloth
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