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The Gentlewoman in Society
de Lady Greville [Violet]
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 200.06EUR 180.05
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Sobre este artículo
London: Henry and Co. , 1892. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5" . None . Scarce first edition of this guide for gentlewomen by Lady Violet Greville. A guide to gentlewoman standards of behaviour at all occasions, from child to weddings, dinners, and musical parties, as well as notes on society and its amusements, dress code, country-house life, and "the gentle art of flirtation." Written by Violet, Lady Greville, British aristocrat and writer. The first edition of this work, a scarce volume. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with decorative gilt to back strip and boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, minor faint damp marks to boards. Peter Stewart Young Tillingham's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 835A73
- Título
- The Gentlewoman in Society
- Autor
- Lady Greville [Violet]
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Henry and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1892
- Tamaño
- 7" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- first edition lady greville scarce books gentlewomen lady greville
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Sobre el vendedor
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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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
