PETER'S LETTERS TO HIS KINFOLK (1819) Vol #1 & #3
by Morris, Peter (Lockhart, John Gibson)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good. 1819. Third Edition. Hardcover. Original Clean marbled boards, brown leather corners & spine with gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Light foxing to first few pages Edges lightly rubbed. Vol. 1 with illustrated frontispiece (xxii) 337pp. Vol. 3: 376pp. Portrait illustrations. Marbled page edges. Provenance: Henry B. Fielding (signature dated 1827 and armorial bookplate with motto "Crescit Subpondere Virtus" in each volume) ; Scotland; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 713 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6869
- Title
- PETER'S LETTERS TO HIS KINFOLK (1819) Vol #1 & #3
- Author
- Morris, Peter (Lockhart, John Gibson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- Scotland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cultures Scotland;
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Marbled boards
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...