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Pelham; or, the Adventures of a Gentleman
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons , c1862. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None . A new edition of this early novel by Lord Lytton. Dated around a new edition copy catalogued at the University of Birmingham libraries on Copac, with matching pagination but noting a leaf of plates; this edition not illustrated. Originally published in 1828. An early novel by Lord Lytton, telling the tale of the adventures of a dandy; this novel inaugurated his career as a popular novelist. Robert Bulwer-Lytton was an English statesman and poet, mostly remembered however as a prolific novelist. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards, with marbled edges and endpapers, gilt tooling to spine, Externally sound with minor shelf wear, rubbed to back strip, lightly bumped to extremities. Bookseller sticker to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to occasional leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 843A32
- Title
- Pelham; or, the Adventures of a Gentleman
- Author
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton)
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1862
- Size
- 6.5" by 4"
- Keywords
- lord lytton early literature english literature early literature
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Spine
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Edges
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