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Condensed Novels
de Bret Harte
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5" . S. Eytinge, Jr.. A copiously illustrated copy of the 'Condensed Novels' of Bret Harte, a notable American short story writer and poet. With illustrations by S. Eytinge Jr., an American illustrator of newspapers, journals and books by renowned authors such as Charles Dickens and Alfred Tennyson. Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. In a green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Slight damage to head and tail of spine. Spine slightly cocked and sunned. Slightly bumped to extremities.Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound with title-page coming loose. Pages generally bright and clean with some age-toning. Bookplate to front pastedown. Ink inscription to recto of front free-endpaper. Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- GEN9-F-14
- Título
- Condensed Novels
- Autor
- Bret Harte
- Ilustrador
- S. Eytinge, Jr.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1871
- Tamaño
- 7" by 4.5"
- Palabras clave
- Harte Eytinge Illustrated Novels Eytinge
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
