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The Castilian by TALFOURD (T.N.)
Description
an historical tragedy. In five acts. London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1853. F'cap 8vo; large folding wood-engraved portrait frontispiece; inserted Errata leaf precedes fly-title; pp.[xvi]+[ii]+191+[i (printer's imprint)]; 8pp. publisher's inserted advertisements dated April, 1854, bound in between front end-papers; vertically fine ribbed puce cloth, ruled and blocked blind on sides, ruled blind, lettered gilt, on spine; a.e. uncut; end-papers coated pale yellow. Barely visible restoration to cloth at head of spine; insignificant marking and fading of cloth; contemporary newspaper cutting relating to Talfourd tipped onto front paste-down and engraved portrait tipped onto first page of catalogue; otherwise a virtually fine, unopened copy.CBEL, III, p.596: the author's scarce last play, published only a few months before his death. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
paste-down : The portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a book. Often used as front paste-down or rear past-down.
unopened : A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional method for printing and binding books in which a large sheet of paper was printed with several pages, folded, and bound into the book. . Sometimes inappropriately called uncut
errata : a list correcting errors found after a book has already been printed.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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