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Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography
by Washington Irving
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Bell & Daldy, 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards in full calf leather with an ornately gilt-tooled spine; spine with raised bands; gilt emblem of the Liverpool Institute Schools emblazoned on the front cover; edges of boards gilt tooled. Covers have some damp-spotting; darkening along top edge. All text block edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. School gift plate dated 1867 on front paste-down, else interior is clean and unmarked. pp. xii, 242. Biography of Oliver Goldsmith, the author of The Vicar of Wakefield and a close friend of Samuel Johnson's, by Washington Irving (1783-1859). Includes Irving's preface for his revised edition of 1849.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014734
- Title
- Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bell & Daldy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- antique, Liverpool Industrial schools, prize binding,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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
- 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...
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