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The Birthday Book of Proverbs: Consisting of a Serious, Satirical, or Humorous Sentence, Proverb, and Verse of Poetry, for every Day in the Year.
de Bruce, Charles; C.B
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good with no dust jacket
- Librería
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. Good with no dust jacket. c1875. Hardcover. unpaginated but approx 365 pages. Two days per page, plus a page with blanks opposite each day to fill in names. Blue cloth with exuberant black and gilt Victorian decoration, gilt ruling, spine equally decorated in gilt, a bit of rubbing at extremities and joints, gilt edges, title page in red and black, every page in red and black with red ruling, occasional charming engravings, no names have been filled in on this example. However, there are the proverb collectors bookplates of Keir, Sir John Stirling Maxwell and de Guinzbourg. No date, but these "birthday books" were produced by Nimmo from at least 1873-1885. Not common in commerce or in Worldcat. A charming example of a Victorian birthday book with wonderful proverbial provenance. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 8160
- Título
- The Birthday Book of Proverbs: Consisting of a Serious, Satirical, or Humorous Sentence, Proverb, and Verse of Poetry, for every Day in the Year.
- Autor
- Bruce, Charles; C.B
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good with no dust jacket
- Editorial
- William P. Nimmo
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- c1875
- Palabras clave
- Proverbs, BIRTHdays, Nimmo
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Proverbs, Maxims, Aphorisms;
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Sobre el vendedor
Leaf and Stone Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Toronto, Ontario
Sobre Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Worldcat
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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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
