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The Modern Griselda. A Tale. By Miss Edgeworth
by Edgeworth, Maria
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Johnson (and 23 Others), 1805. Anglo-Irish author Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), popular and melodramatic, was also an educational reformer; she is considered to be an important influence on the literature of her day. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the "Second Edition, Corrected." Full leather, polished calf binding, with seven gilt bands on the spine. Clean text; 203 pages, with one page of publisher's advert for the fourteen Edgeworth works published. Volume has a splay and the paste-down endpapers have been removed (Quercus does not speculate why). While the text is very bright, the Title Page has separated (it is still present). Perhaps a bit of repair would restore some dignity to this work. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Second Edition.. Full-Leather. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002538
- Title
- The Modern Griselda. A Tale. By Miss Edgeworth
- Author
- Edgeworth, Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Publisher
- J. Johnson (and 23 Others)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1805
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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