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Fanny Burney and Her Friends
by (Binding) Burney, Fanny; L. B. Seeley, ed
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
(London): (Seeley and Company, Limited), 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. One volume in two. 4to. This is the Seeley Large Paper edition which has been extra-illustrated with 245 portraits and views by William Sanford Hills, Boston, 1895. One of 150 numbered copies; this is number 124.
Finely bound by P. B. Sanford of Boston in full crimson morocco. Spines in six compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt. The boards are tooled in gilt with intricate interwoven lines reminiscent of Grolier. Gilt inner dentelles, with the stamp of the binder; purple silk endpapers. Top edges gilt; the others untrimmed. A fine set in a magnificent binding.
The Sanford Company of Bookbinders was located on Bedford Street in Boston, and specialized, inter alia, in fine bindings of levant, morocco and calf.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23541
- Title
- Fanny Burney and Her Friends
- Author
- (Binding) Burney, Fanny; L. B. Seeley, ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- (Seeley and Company, Limited)
- Place of Publication
- (London)
- Date Published
- 1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
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