Old Lamps for New
by E.V. Lucas
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen & Co.Ltd., 1912 Hard cover, 258 pages. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Frontispiece "Picture of a Young Girl" by Vermeer. Signed by the author on the title page. A collection of essays, previously published in the Guardian, Punch, the Atlantic Monthly, the Fortnightly Review. Wear to extremities, spine and back cover a bit faded. Good. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ayers Books/Livres Ayers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001570
- Title
- Old Lamps for New
- Author
- E.V. Lucas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co.Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Essays
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Ayers Books/Livres Ayers
All items subject to prior sale. We ship from Montreal, Canada. Shipping rates for heavier books or long distances can sometimes exceed the indicated rate and will be quoted before the order is completed. Based on our experience, we require tracking numbers for shipments to Europe and other international destinations, which means we will not ship surface to these destinations. Exceptions, also based on our experience, can be made for shipping to Canada, the US, the UK, Australia and South Africa, where we can agree to ship surface by mutual consent between the buyer and Ayers Books / Livres Ayers.
About the Seller
Ayers Books/Livres Ayers
Biblio member since 2013
Montreal, Quebec
About Ayers Books/Livres Ayers
Montreal bookseller since 2004, specializing in illustrated and photography books. Sales via internet and at various book fairs. We also perform valuations of book collections upon request. Libraire basé à Montréal, en opération depuis 2004. Ventes en ligne et présence aux salons du livres divers. Collection qui se spécialise en livres illustrés et de photographies.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...