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The Corsair A Tale
de Lord Byron
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 160.00EUR 144.00
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Sobre este artículo
London : John Murray , 1814. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 9" by 5.5" . None . This popular text of love and adventure has gone on to inspire operas, music and ballets. The first edition, second issue, without printer's imprint to final leaf and without 'To a Lady Weeping' final four leaves as required. Lacking the half title and advertisements. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Written in 1814 this verse tells the story of love and adventure. It follows the story of Conrad a privateer. Byron writes about love, lust and adventure. It is a story of high drama. When published this work was an immediate success and has gone on to inspire operas, music, art and ballets. Inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy Byron draws the reader in. He creates a likable character in Conrad who develops throughout the narrative. Byron focuses on ideas surrounding the outcast and so doing so he goes on to explore issues surrounding social acceptance in relation to class. Rebound in modern cloth. Externally very smart. Internally firmly bound. Lacking half titles and advertisements. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Pages bright and clean. Bookplate clean. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 876V11
- Título
- The Corsair A Tale
- Autor
- Lord Byron
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1814
- Tamaño
- 9" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Byron Literature Adventure Literature
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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.
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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- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
