Familiar Quotations : Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passage and Phrases in Common Use
by Bartlett, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: George Routledge & Sons, 1890. Authors Edition. Not Dated (c1890) Elaborate Victorian bindings in Purple cloth bds with Black embossed Title and borders, bright Gilt spine title and decoration, mostly fresh though spine head and mid spine have some chips to cloth, Blue decorated eps, pp viii 542, interior is tight and incredibly bright, not inscribed.. Re-Issue. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10293
- Title
- Familiar Quotations : Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passage and Phrases in Common Use
- Author
- Bartlett, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Re-Issue
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Language & Linguistics;
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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