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George Smith of Coalville
by Anonymous
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Haughton & Co. No Date, circa 1880s ( last date in text of book 1879 ). Very Good in original grey cloth boards, gilt title. Boards rubbed and soiled, dampstain front end pages, small bookstore sticker rear paste down, that of the legendary Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, and 3 lines underlined on page 30. Book plate of the Gladstone Library National Liberal Club front paste down. The National Liberal Club was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 for the purpose of providing club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners among the newly enlarged electorate after the Third Reform Act. George Bernard Shaw was among its members. 56 pages with 4 pgs. publisher's ads. A quite uncommon title. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005217
- Title
- George Smith of Coalville
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Haughton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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