The Baddington Peerage: Who Won, And Who Wore It. A Story Of The Best And The Worst Society [3 Volumes]
de Sala, George Augustus
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London: Charles F. Skeet, King William Street, Strand, 1860. HB. Three volume complete in half dark brown leather and red marbled boards, gilt lettering with 5 raised bands on spine, 8vo, vii, 320, vii, 302, vii, 260 pp., marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Victorian fiction by Sala (1828-1895), better known as a British journalist for the Illustrated Times and Daily Telegraph. The author considered this work the "worst novel ever written" but it appears, after appearing in serial form in the Illustrated Times, Sala lost ownership of this work to a creditor. No marks in books, bindings tight and pages clean. Covers show very light edge wear. Book condition VG.
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- Parker's Rare Books
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- KQ7718
- Título
- The Baddington Peerage: Who Won, And Who Wore It. A Story Of The Best And The Worst Society [3 Volumes]
- Autor
- Sala, George Augustus
- Formato/Encuadernación
- HB
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
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- Editorial
- Charles F. Skeet, King William Street, Strand
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1860
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- Literature;
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- 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....
- Marbled boards
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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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
