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Memoirs of Sir Edwin Landseer. A Sketch of The Life of The Artist, Illustrated With Reproductions of Twenty-four of His Most Popular Works
by Stephens, F G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
London: George Bell, 1874. original green decorated bevel-edged cloth bumped and worn, text block edges all gilt, text block tight and generally clean and unfoxed. All 24 reproductions are present, with their tissue guards. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28405
- Title
- Memoirs of Sir Edwin Landseer. A Sketch of The Life of The Artist, Illustrated With Reproductions of Twenty-four of His Most Popular Works
- Author
- Stephens, F G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- British Artists, 19th Century,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
Glenbower Books
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About the Seller
Glenbower Books
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Dublin, Dublin
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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