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Hints to Collectors; Of Original Editions of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
by Johnson, Charles Plumptre
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: George Redway, 1885. Limited edition. Vellum. pp. 48. 8vo. Vellum bound with gilt lettering to spine. Thackeray bibliography. Light shelfwear, bowing to boards; very good. Of this work only 500 small and 50 large paper copies will be printed.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 084086
- Title
- Hints to Collectors; Of Original Editions of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author
- Johnson, Charles Plumptre
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- George Redway
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Bibliography; social philosophy; Victorian; Satire
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- Reference;
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BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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...