Tales from Shakspeare [Shakespeare] Two Volumes in One
by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
NZ$39.66NZ$31.73
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1895 publication date, no indication of later printings in this edition. Green cloth with brown pictorial stamping and gilt titles. Boards clean, edges a bit rubbed. Spine ends rubbed, fraying; heel gently bumped. Spine darkened, gilt titles faded. Binding firm. Text block toned. Pencil gift inscription on front end paper, dated 1896. Contents clean, otherwise unmarked..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069626
- Title
- Tales from Shakspeare [Shakespeare] Two Volumes in One
- Author
- Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, shakespeare, classic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature;
Terms of Sale
Small World Books, LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2011
Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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