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The World's Desire
by Haggard, H. Rider and Andrew Lang
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green and Co.,. Hardback. Half leather fine binding by Zaehnsdorf. Stamped bound by Zaehnsdorf to recto of front endpaper. First edition. Fantasy novel that is an extension of the Odyssey. Half dark maroon leather with maroon toned marbled papers to boards. Gilt ruled to edges of papers. Raised bands to spine. To the spine, gilt titles and 1890 also in gilt. Very pretty gilt decorations in the compartments. Marbled endpapers. Gilt to top edge. Some scuffing the marbled paper boards. Some foxing to closed page edges and to prelims. Leather is in very good condition tot he spine and joints retaining the colour and with bright gilt. Leather is a little worn to the very tips of the corners. Good+, sound copy . Hardback. 1890.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24340
- Title
- The World's Desire
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider and Andrew Lang
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Zaehnsdorf,Signed binding,Fine binding,Leather binding,H. Rider , Haggard,Andrew Lang,Antiquarian,First edition novels
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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 Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
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