Pablo de Segovia; the Spanish Sharper.
by Francisco de Quevedo-Villegas, illustrated by Daniel Vierge, with comments by Joseph Pennell and an essay by Henry Edward Watts:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1892. First edition thus (hardback). 4to (34cm by 26cm), xlii, 239pp. 110 illustrations. Bound in white parchment, with red morocco title labels to the spine. The binding is somewhat rubbed, the endpapers are spotted and dusty, and there is a bookplate to the front pastedown; overall, the book is in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75630
- Title
- Pablo de Segovia; the Spanish Sharper.
- Author
- Francisco de Quevedo-Villegas, illustrated by Daniel Vierge, with comments by Joseph Pennell and an essay by Henry Edward Watts:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: T Fisher Unwin, 1892.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...