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The Old Chelsea Bun-House: A Tale of the Last Century
by Manning, Anne - by the author of Mary Powell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London:: Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co.,. Hardback. 325pp. First edition. Novel. Engraved frontis by Nicholls. Title page in red and black with the author identified only as "the author of Mary Powell", this was a fictional biography of poet John Milton and was Anne Manning's best known book. The old style type faces used add to the impression of an historical text. Half-bound in calf with red leather label to the spine. titles to spine in gilt. Raised bands to spine with gilt motif in the compartments free of titles. Blind stamped borders to spine. Marbled papers to boards. Red to all page edges. Marbled papers are worn to all edges. Leather is slightly scuffed and is cracked to both sides of the tail end of the spine for about 2.5 inches. Exposed board to corners. Age toning and foxing to prelims and age toning with very occasional foxing to page margins. Clean. Binding is square and tight. Good copy . Hardback. First Edition. 1855.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24361
- Title
- The Old Chelsea Bun-House: A Tale of the Last Century
- Author
- Manning, Anne - by the author of Mary Powell
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co.,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Anne Manning,Fiction,Victorian literature,Victorian novel,Nineteenth , century novel,Historical novel,Women writers,Antiquarian,First edition , novels
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- A.N.
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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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Calf
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