The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote with an Introductory Memoir
by COOKE, William [ed]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
New Southgate: H. A. Rogers, 1889. Hardback. Good. Light boards with red cloth spine. Corners and spine bumped, edges rubbed. Covers are a little worn. Book plate to inside paste down. 'Limited edition 350 copies only. Numbered 91 and signed by publisher. All page edges rough cut as issued. Hinges cracked but text block tight. 14 engraved plates. Some foxing to a couple of pages. Size: 9 x 5 Inches Approx
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- Bookseller
- Ripping Yarns
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54003
- Title
- The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote with an Introductory Memoir
- Author
- COOKE, William [ed]
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. A. Rogers
- Place of Publication
- New Southgate
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY
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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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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,...
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