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The Adventures of the Gooroo Paramartan : a tale in the Tamul language : accompanied by a translation and vocabulary, together with an analysis of the first story.
by BABINGTON (Benjamin)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richelieu, France
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About This Item
London: J. M. Richardson, 1822. First Edition. Recent three quarter mustard colour cloth with marbled boards. Excellent fresh condition. Brown leather label with gilt titles. Brown end papers. There is an owner's stamp (elephant), and name stamp in Tamil to the half title. Text block is in excellent condition, clean and tidy throughout with just a touch of darkening and a few light foxing spots. Comes with two leaves of facsimile of the story printed on card. Paramār̲atakuruvin̲ katai; xii, 243 pages. Conforms to OCLC: 8034451. 24cm x 19cm (9½ by 7½ inches). . Première édition. Toile récente de couleur moutarde à trois quarts avec des planches marbrées. Excellent état de fraîcheur. Etiquette en cuir marron avec titres dorés. Papiers de garde bruns. Il y a un cachet de propriétaire (éléphant), et un cachet de nom en Tamil sur la moitié du titre. Le bloc de texte est en excellent état, propre et net, avec juste un peu de noircissement et quelques rousseurs légères. Livré avec deux feuilles de fac-similé de l'histoire imprimée sur carte. Paramār̲atakuruvin̲ katai ; xii, 243 pages. Conforme à OCLC : 8034451. 24cm x 19cm
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- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4388
- Title
- The Adventures of the Gooroo Paramartan : a tale in the Tamul language : accompanied by a translation and vocabulary, together with an analysis of the first story.
- Author
- BABINGTON (Benjamin)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Richardson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics, rest of the world, tamil, india, literature, vocabulary, translation, story, Classique, reste du monde, tamoul, inde, littérature, vocabulaire, traduction, histoire,
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may be returned within 2 weeks of delivery, and a full refund will be issued upon safe receipt of the item. We will cover return shipping costs if there was an error in the listing, but expect the customer to do so if it is "as described" but the customer has had a change of mind. Items lost or damaged during shipping from us remain our responsibility. Responsibility for items lost or damaged on the way to us rests with the customer.
About the Seller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
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Richelieu
About Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Harrison-Hiett is a small, family run business. Originally based in England we have re-located our business to Europe. We now live in the Netherlands, where we spend our time visiting and exhibiting at fairs.
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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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
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