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Half-Hours With the Best Authors
de Charles Knight [ed.]
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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EUR 209.65EUR 188.68
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Sobre este artículo
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1885. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart four volume set of Charles Knight's anthology of short writings by important authors. The Chandos 'new edition' of this work. Undated, dated using LibraryHub. Complete in four volumes. Illustrated, with vignettes throughout. A collection of excerpts from various influential British authors throughout history. Divided into what is intended to be half-hour sections, with the intention of the work being read over a year. Written according to the canon of the nineteenth century, with contributors such as Milton, Pope, Dante, Donne, Dr J Kitto, Dryden and more. In uniform half calf bindings. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the spines, heavier to the head and tail. Gilt has faded to the spine labels. Small loss to the head of spine to volumes I, III and IV. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound, Occasional pencil notes to the contents leaves. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Spots are heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 791L14
- 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
- 1885
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- Anthology half hours Charles Knight half hours
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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....
