MANSFIELD PARK
by AUSTEN. JANE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Zodiac Press. London. 1975. 8vo. Fine copy bound in fine half blue calf. Spine with raised bands. The compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Plain white endpapers with a neat previous owners bookplate on the front paste down. Binding is unsigned but obviously from a high quality bindery. Some fading to the spine but still an attractive fine binding.
Synopsis
Mansfield Park is a novel by Jane Austen, written at Chawton Cottage between 1812 and 1814. It was published in July 1814 by Thomas Egerton, who published Jane Austen's two earlier novels, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. When the novel reached a second edition, its publication was taken over by John Murray, who also published its successor, Emma.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8633
- Title
- MANSFIELD PARK
- Author
- AUSTEN. JANE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Zodiac Press. London. 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Jane Austen; Fine bindings;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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