AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS (including some remarkable Napoleonic Items from the collection of the late Earl of Rosebery). No. 593. Spring, 1934. (Catalog)
by (Maggs)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Maggs Bros. 1934.. 1934.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened & the spine is rubbed with pieces out of the head & tail. The wraps are soiled & lightly bumped with some small stains. There is pencil scribbling to the rear wrap & there is a tiny chip out of its front edge. Title & 116 pages. The page corners are lightly bumped. There is staining to the front margins of a few pages & light foxing to the fore-edge & to the last page. Illustrated with a facsimile frontispiece & several full-page facsimiles. Good. <p>259 items are catalogued, with prices.<p>Laid in is an appeal for funds to purchase the Sinai manuscript of the Bible for the British Museum with a picture postcard facsimile of a page from the Bible. Also laid in is a leaflet about the Maggs Bros. monthly bulletin "Mercurius Britanicus".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22743
- Title
- AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS (including some remarkable Napoleonic Items from the collection of the late Earl of Rosebery). No. 593. Spring, 1934. (Catalog)
- Author
- (Maggs)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London: Maggs Bros. 1934.
- Date Published
- 1934.
- Keywords
- HISTORY; AUTOGRAPHS; MANUSCRIPTS; SALE CATALOG; MAGGS BROS.; NAPOLEONIC ITEMS; LORD ROSEBERY'S COLLECTION; FACSIMILES.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.