F. C. and J. Rivington et al. Half bound in leather with marbled paper to boards. New edition, improved and enlarged. 1044pp. Raised bands to spine with black label and gilt titles. Ex libris label and signature of book binder Herbert E. R. Dorant. Tiny area of loss to edges of black label. Edges worn. Surface worn. Some exposed board. Binding is sound. Good+, sound copy . Hardback. 1814.

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Bookseller: C L Hawley (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 21671
Title: Elegant Epistles: Being A Copious Collection of Familiar and Amusing Letters, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons, and for General Entertainment
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: F. C. and J. Rivington et al
Date Published: 1814
Keywords: Antiquarian,Letters,Eighteenth century literature,Leather binding

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We are a member of the PBFA and ibooknet -www.ibooknet.co.uk Our specialisms are academic books particularly literary criticism, literary biography, literary texts and literary and critical theory, history, plus some philosophy, psychology, politics and religion. We also stock local history books, mainly on Yorkshire. We also stock children's literature. We have a small general stock in the wider academic arts and humanities.

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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...
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...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Half Bound: ...
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...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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....