English Men Of Letters (21 Titles, Bound In Seven Volumes In Half Calf): Robert Burns + John Locke + John Bunyan; William Thackeray + Samuel Johnson + William Wordsworth; Goldsmith + Chaucer + Pope; Milton + Southey + Defoe; Charles Dickens + Spenser + Walter Scott; Lord Byron + Cowper + Burke; Gibbon + Hume + Shelley
by Morley, John (Editor; J.C. Shairp + Thomnas Fowler + J. A. Froude; Anthony Trollope + Leslie Stephen + F. W. H. Myers; William Black + A. W. Ward Leslie Stephen; Mark Pattison + Edward Dowden + William Minto; Adolphus William Ward + R. W. Church + Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Arkell Weekly Company, 1895. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Portraits With Tissue Guards. Seven Volumes Bound In Matching Quarter Tan Calf, Top Edges Gilt, Marbled Boards And Matching Marbled Endpapers, Spines Elaborately Gilt In All Compartments, Red And Black Morocco Spine Labels. 1895 Date On Title Pages Well Made Books, Good Quality Paper And With Tissue Guards To The Frontispiece Portraits In All 21 Volumes. All Volumes With Only Light Rubbing, A Few Beginning To Fray At Top And Bottom Edges, Joints Cracked Or Starting On All Volumes, One Spine Split Away At Top Half, The Detached Half Laid In Loosely And Repairable, One Spine Coming Loose Along Front Joint But Can Be Re-Glued Without Bindery Work; All Gilt Brilliant, Morocco Spine Labels Clean And Bright. International Postage At Usps Priority Mail Box Rate.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036577
- Title
- English Men Of Letters (21 Titles, Bound In Seven Volumes In Half Calf): Robert Burns + John Locke + John Bunyan; William Thackeray + Samuel Johnson + William Wordsworth; Goldsmith + Chaucer + Pope; Milton + Southey + Defoe; Charles Dickens + Spenser + Walter Scott; Lord Byron + Cowper + Burke; Gibbon + Hume + Shelley
- Author
- Morley, John (Editor; J.C. Shairp + Thomnas Fowler + J. A. Froude; Anthony Trollope + Leslie Stephen + F. W. H. Myers; William Black + A. W. Ward Leslie Stephen; Mark Pattison + Edward Dowden + William Minto; Adolphus William Ward + R. W. Church + Richard
- Illustrator
- Portraits With Tissue Guards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Arkell Weekly Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Nineteenth Century; Literature: Eighteenth Century; Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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