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Harold's Ambition or A Dream of Fame
por Jennie Perrett
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Good-/No jacket
- Livreiro
-
Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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Sobre este item
Harold's Ambition or A Dream of Fame by Jennie Perrett
Hardback, undated but circa 1890 (bookplate dated 1891 to front board), first edition, illustrated, published by Blackie & Son, Limited, London, 96 pages + 8-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 6 5/8" by 4 1/2" by 3/8". No dust jacket. Green cloth binding, pictorial detail and gilt lettering to front board, black lettering to spine. Some marking, scuffing and discolouration. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, bumped corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Cracking to front inner hinge though otherwise binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, a bit foxed and marked. Prizegiving bookplate to front pastedown. Some marking to endpapers and to pages throughout but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- GN Books and Prints
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- #BIBLIO-516
- Título
- Harold's Ambition or A Dream of Fame
- Autor
- Jennie Perrett
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardback, cloth
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Good-
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No jacket
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- Circa 1890
- Páginas
- 96+
- Dimensão
- 8vo.
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
GN Books and Prints
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Inverness, Highland
Sobre GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossário
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
