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A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH AUTHORS Biographical and Bibliographical
por Sharp, R. Farquharson [Compiler]
- Usado
- first
- Condição
- Veja a descrição
- Livreiro
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este item
London: George Redway, 1897. Being a compendious account of the lives and writings of 700 British writers from the year 1400 to the present time. Pp. [ii](advertisements)+viii+310)+[2](advertisements), mostly printed double column; post 8vo; red buckram over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth quite rubbed and flecked (heaviest on spine, including a couple of tiny pinprick holes), edges and spine faded; t.e.g., others uncut, partly unopened; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and partial remains of bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the upper hinge cracked, advertisement leaves heavily browned, a few small edge splits or chips, a few pencilled annotations and occasional underlining (sometimes in red), scattered foxing and occasional slight soiling; George Redway, London, 1897. First edition. *With several blank leaves interspersed through the text (not included in pagination, and mostly unused), intended for reader's notes.
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- Livreiro
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 163487
- Título
- A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH AUTHORS Biographical and Bibliographical
- Autor
- Sharp, R. Farquharson [Compiler]
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- George Redway
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1897
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- Cracked
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- Leaves
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- Buckram
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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