The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIIIth Century
by Dobson, Austin (1840-1921). Illustrated By Hugh Thomson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.; Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1893. Early printing (first published in 1892). Includes: The Ballad of Beau Brocade; A Gentleman of the Old School; A Gentlewoman of the Old School; A Dead Letter; The Old Sedan Charis; The Ladies of St., James's; Molly Trefusus; A Chapter of Froissart. Publisher's original light oliver cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, frontis plate, a total of fifty Thomson illustrations, 89 pages. Heavy rubbing and light fraying to the spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, name on front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025624
- Title
- The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIIIth Century
- Author
- Dobson, Austin (1840-1921). Illustrated By Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.; Printed at the Chiswick Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- HUGH THOMSON POEMS POETRY ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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