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Walton's Lives. The lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotten; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson
by WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
York: Wilson and Sons, 1817. [Biographies] Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[14] 488 [2]; pp.[10] 470 [4]. Full brown calf with gilt titles and gilt decorations to spine, raised bands, gilt and blind ruling to boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelle to turn ins. Eight plates across both volumes including frontispieces. Prize binding by Oriel College, Cambridge. Gilt embossed 'Collegium Orielense' to boards. Internally clean and crisp. Slight rubbing and wear to board edges, wear to spine edges, more so volume two. 'Farley' armorial plate to paste-downs, ownership inscription in black ink to flyleaf in volume one. Bump to back board left edge. Near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62495
- Title
- Walton's Lives. The lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotten; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson
- Author
- WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- York: Wilson and Sons, 1817
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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