A Ballad Book SCARCE - LIMITED TO 30 COPIES
by [Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to Very Good
- Seller
-
Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
[Edinburgh]: Self Published, 1823 Self Published by the Author, printed for Private Distribution, and limited to 30 copies. Includes a frontispiece and mounted vignette from an etching by Sharpe. vii, [1], 124pp, printed on laid paper, with a Dedication to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. "Webster, Printer, Horse Wynd" printed at the foot of the last page. Bound in full leather, with a gilt armorial lion holding up a book, with a banner below it reading "Concordia Et Sedulitate" showing on front and back covers, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, gilt edges, covers NOT detached, and the covers are in Very Good Condition. The Interior is in Fair Condition and shows the book detached from the covers, with the marbled endpapers loose, along with some loose pages at front and back of book, occasional damp mark and foxing, with offsetting from the glue used to mount the vignette. Inked notations on the front free endpaper with references used to identify the book, as it does not mention the author, nor publisher. I have made no repairs to the book, as this leaves it fresh to repaired by an expert in the field.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006491
- Title
- A Ballad Book SCARCE - LIMITED TO 30 COPIES
- Author
- [Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / LIMITED
- Publisher
- Self Published
- Place of Publication
- [Edinburgh]
- Date Published
- 1823
- Keywords
- Charles Kirkpatrick Ballads Scarce Limited Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- RARE AND SCARCE;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Monroe Bridge Books
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Fair
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- 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...
- 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
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