A Short History of Our Own Times. From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880
by McCarthy, Justin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Bros, 1884. This is a Very Good copy of the abridged edition of the great Irish historian's famous history. First American Edition, which is uncommon. Maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine (the spine has faded to brown but the gilt lettering is still visible). Clean text; 448 pages, indexed. There is a publisher's advert for the two-volume quarto edition in the front. Rubbed at the head and foot of the spine and mildly bumped. Withal, a sound copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002460
- Title
- A Short History of Our Own Times. From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880
- Author
- McCarthy, Justin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
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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.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....