The remarkable life of dr. faustus, a German astrologer and enchanter; relating the means adopted by him to raise the devil..
by [FAUST]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Derby: Published by Richardson and Son, [s.d., c. 1830] 23pp, [1]. Original publisherâs printed blue wrappers. A trifle spotted, slight chipping to spine. An uncommon survival, in original unsophisticated state, of an anonymous Derby-printed prose edition of the perennially popular German legend of Faust. An apparently contemporary edition in boards, also issued by Richardson (but likely not for six-pence), contained a colour frontispiece which this edition doesnât feature. OCLC records copies at four locations (Cambridge, Louisiana, Oxford, and Yale); COPAC adds two further (BL and NLW). . 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ26049
- Title
- The remarkable life of dr. faustus, a German astrologer and enchanter; relating the means adopted by him to raise the devil..
- Author
- [FAUST]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Richardson and Son, [s.d., c. 1830]
- Place of Publication
- Derby
- Keywords
- Literature
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...