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Byron: A Self-Portrait Letters and Diaries 1798 to 1824 with Hitherto Unpublished - Letters in Two Volumes (Volume II)
by Quennell, Peter (editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1950. Red boards, 803 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed at ends of spine, red smudges on bottom edge, faint smudges on fore edge, bookplate removed from front paste-down, first 2 pages creased on top corner and lightly foxed, erasure mark on ffep, endpapers darkened. Overall, good. DJ in two pieces, torn, pieces missing - overall poor.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003541
- Title
- Byron: A Self-Portrait Letters and Diaries 1798 to 1824 with Hitherto Unpublished - Letters in Two Volumes (Volume II)
- Author
- Quennell, Peter (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Peter Quennell, Lord Byron, George Gordon, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography; English Romantic Poets;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Lindenlea Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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