The Last Days of Pompeii
by Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: John W. Lovell, 1890. Reprint. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint edition, "complete in one volume", c.r. date unknown but ca. 1890. Hard cover small 8vo in red cloth w/gold spine titles, top edge gilt. Good. Edgewear and curled corners, front hinge exposed but holding, missing front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked. Includes a Preface to the edition of 1834 and 1850. 397pp inc. Notes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Basement Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038560
- Title
- The Last Days of Pompeii
- Author
- Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John W. Lovell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HISTORICAL FICTION POMPEII VOLCANO ERUPTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Non-fiction; History;
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About the Seller
Basement Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...