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The Mountain Decameron
de DOWNES Joseph
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- Librería
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: New Burlington Street: Richard Bentley, 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. EARLY WELSH FICTION Uncommon, First edition, three volumes, in attractive, modern green half calf (to style) over green marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spines, gilt tooling & titles. Internally Vol 1, 1836, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-324 pp. Vol 2, 1836, [2], [1], 2-322 pp. Vol 3, 1836, [2], [1], 2-416 pp. Evidence of bookplate removal to fpds, text block edges roughly cut, all printed by JB Nicols and Son. (196*118 mm). Romantic or fantastic tales with a connecting narrative recounting the storytellers travels through Wales. One of the stories is based on the idea from Lockharts The History of Mathew Wald. In the dedication Downes, who describes himself as the only genuine rural Doctor of Brecknockshire, laments the fact that his homeland exhibits a total blank in British Literature. Near Fine condition. O'Donoghue-The Poets of Ireland p118. [ref: 426] £300
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- Librería
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 007567
- Título
- The Mountain Decameron
- Autor
- DOWNES Joseph
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Richard Bentley
- Lugar de publicación
- London: New Burlington Street
- Fecha de publicación
- 1836
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Peso
- 3.53 libras
- Palabras clave
- fiction tales Wales General, Classics, General, "Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology", Contemporary, General
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction;
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Sobre el vendedor
Madoc Books
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Llandudno, Conwy
Sobre Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
We are keen to buy similar antiquarian books.
We are keen to buy similar antiquarian books.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
