Coningsby
by Benjamin Disraeli
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Gresham, 1900. Hardcover. Fair. Claude A. Shepperson. Handsome special quarter leather edition of Disraeli's novel featuring Talwyn Morris's iconic art deco floral design in gilt to spine. With b/w illustrations by Claude A. Shepperson plus introduction. No date but c.1900. 8vo. ( 200x145mm) [xxii+vii] 432pp. Rubbing to extremities especially to top and tail of spine. Splitting to rear hinge of spine. Very light foxing to fore-edge. Tanning to page edge but contents otherwise clean and binding sound. Fair+ overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004086
- Title
- Coningsby
- Author
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Illustrator
- Claude A. Shepperson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gresham
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- fiction, literature, fiction,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
Biblio member since 2010
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
About AJ Scruffles
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.