Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica
by Lear, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Robert John Bush, 1870. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus. Edward Lear. Large Octavo. 27 by 18.5 cm. 40 b/w plates complete. xvi, 272 pp plus full-page map of Corsica. Good plus. Slightly cocked binding, small tear on lower spine tip (fabric intact), and other spine wear/tears without fabric being loose or lost. Light wear to waxed cloth binding otherwise. Chips to FFP. Foxing on non-text preliminary pages and last few pages of volume. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000203
- Title
- Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica
- Author
- Lear, Edward
- Illustrator
- Edward Lear
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert John Bush
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Travel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...