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American Notes For General Circulation and Pictures From Italy
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chapman and Hall,. Hardback. Two volumes in one. Full tree calf. Raised bands to spine with Black and red labels and gilt titles and gilt decorations to remaining compartments. Gilt floral boarder to boards. Marbled endpapers. Marbles to closed page edges. Illustrated by Marcus Stone. x, (2), 506p; [7] leaves of plate. Once part of a set, the number 11 is in gilt to the third compartment. Some rubbing to corners slightly affecting the very edge of the decorated borders, and scuffing to edges and to the tops of the the raised bands. Faint foxing to the end papers. Minor occasional blemishes to margins of some pages but generally the text block and plates are clean and crisp. The book is complete with 7 leaves of black and white plate as called for. No rips or tears. All pages tightly held at the gutter. Rear inner hinge is becoming a tad weak. . Hardback. 1875.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22001
- Title
- American Notes For General Circulation and Pictures From Italy
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall,
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Charles Dickens,Victorian literature,Antiquarian,America,Italy,Martin , Stone,Leather binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
We are a member of the PBFA and ibooknet -www.ibooknet.co.uk Our specialisms are academic books particularly literary criticism, literary biography, literary texts and literary and critical theory, history, plus some philosophy, psychology, politics and religion. We also stock local history books, mainly on Yorkshire. We also stock children's literature. We have a small general stock in the wider academic arts and humanities.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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