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Sayings and doings; or sketches from a life. Third series
de [HOOK, Theodore Edward]
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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London: Henry Colburn, 1828. In three volumes. [4], 378; [2], 326; [2], 333pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Private ink-stamps to title pages, foxed, without terminal advertisement leaf to Vol. III. Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841), English man of letters and newspaper editor, best known for his practical jokes, including the Berners St. Hoax. Between 1824 and 1828 Hook produced nine novellas under the collective title of Sayings and Doings, for which he received £3000. This third and final series contains the titles 'Cousin William' and 'Gervase Skinner'; the first a tale of dark passion, the latter of a miser who loses his fortune. . 12mo.
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- Librería
- Antiquates Ltd
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- AQ21628
- Título
- Sayings and doings; or sketches from a life. Third series
- Autor
- [HOOK, Theodore Edward]
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Henry Colburn
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1828
- Palabras clave
- Literature
- Size
- 12mo
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- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Sobre el vendedor
Antiquates Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Wareham, Dorset
Sobre Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
