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Popular Tales, By Maria Edgeworth
by Edgeworth, Maria
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: L. Baudry, 1827. Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) wrote many, many popular tales. Here is an uncommon edition, published in Paris, France, with the book in English. Eighth Edition, the "Second Series" containing "Murad the Unlucky," "The Manufacturers," "The Contest," "The Grateful Negro," and "To-Morrow." Clean text; 391 pages, with the Table of Contents in the rear. Minimal tanning/foxing throughout; very readable today. Green leather binding, faded to blue; ruled with gilt. Marbled endpapers; rubbing to the covers and spine. The rear gutter is cracked, but holding strong. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Eighth Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002204
- Title
- Popular Tales, By Maria Edgeworth
- Author
- Edgeworth, Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Eighth Edition
- Publisher
- L. Baudry
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1827
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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