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Half Hours with the Best Authors
de Charles Knight (Ed)
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Frederick Warne and Co. , 1890. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 6" . None . Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best authors, confined to those to be read in half an hour, in a charming Bickers and Son binding. Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best author, only including works to be read in half an hour each. Comprising a miscellany of poetry, prose, essays, characters, stories, descriptive, narrative or dramatic verse, adventures, moral and religious exhortations, and much more. A new edition.In a charming full calf binding signed Bickers & Son. A collection of excerpts from various influential British authors throughout history, these volumes containing works by Herschel, Coleridge, Lord Bacon, Crabbe, C Lamb, Jane Austen, Macaulay, Plutarch, Pope, Cowper, Keats, and many more. In a full calf signed binding with five raised bands and gilt to the spine and edges, with marbled endpapers. Externally smart with some shelf wear, the spine slightly rubbed and faded. With Gerald Harsley's bookplate to the front pastedown of volume I, and bookplate stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. With some spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 790A54
- Título
- Half Hours with the Best Authors
- Autor
- Charles Knight (Ed)
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1890
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- bickers and son charles knight leather charles knight
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
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.
Glosario
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
