Tales of English Life ( Including Middleton and the Middletons )
by Howitt, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Warne, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A good example of this scarce Howitt title. Publisher's highly decorative red cloth and gilt binding. The spine is faded to a light pink and the inner front joint is cracked and has an old tape repair - a little shakey but holding. Corners and edges lightly worn. Light foxing around endpapers. No inscriptions. [10] + 630 pages, wood engraved illustrations. Size approx. 8" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26521. .
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26521
- Title
- Tales of English Life ( Including Middleton and the Middletons )
- Author
- Howitt, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Warne
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- BZDB28 female authors victorian women writers Fiction; Tales of English Life Including Middleton and the Middletons Howitt Mary
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Steve Liddle
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About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 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...