Fables illustrated with Memoir by Octavius Freire Owen. 126 drawings by William Harvey engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
by GAY, JOHN:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Routledge, London, 1854. Small 8vo (6 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches), 271-pages. Original blue cloth pictorially blocked in blind & gilt. Headband chipped, crack at 1 inner gutter, some light occasional foxing, else very good. Bookplate of Laura Riding on front pastedown. Uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20716
- Title
- Fables illustrated with Memoir by Octavius Freire Owen. 126 drawings by William Harvey engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
- Author
- GAY, JOHN:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge, London, 1854.
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- Literature;
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Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
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- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...