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OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A BIOGRAPHY
by IRVING, Washington
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Co., 1850. Early Edition. 12mo., green quarter-morocco leather, with marbled boards, edges & endpapers, gilt title label on spine; 214 pages. Edges of text slightly trimmed. Binding by G. Bellew, Dublin. Very Good (little wear cover & rubbed spot on spine label; contents clean & tight, tiny ink name top of title page).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56585
- Title
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A BIOGRAPHY
- Author
- IRVING, Washington
- Illustrator
- Binding by G. Bellew, Dublin
- Format/Binding
- 12mo., green quarter-morocco leather, with marbled boards, edges & endpapers, gilt title label on spine; 214 pages. Edges of
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
Terms of Sale
Antic Hay Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Antic Hay Books
Biblio member since 2007
Asbury Park, New Jersey
About Antic Hay Books
On-line dealer of rare & out-of-print books, specializing in autographs, signed copies & association copies.
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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
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