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Mistress Davenant: the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets
by Acheson, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Bernard Quaritch. Fair with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth with spine label. TLS by Acheson affixed to fep; letter on his letterhead. He writes this letter accompanying his new book that he is sending to a Professor G. Gregory Smith of Belfast. Cloth toned, lightly insected, front hinge cracked, edges worn. Errata slip after copyright page. Signed letter, not signed book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39022
- Title
- Mistress Davenant: the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Author
- Acheson, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bernard Quaritch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
Terms of Sale
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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