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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. New edition, elucidated by copius notes, and illustrated with numrous portraits, and characteristic designs, engraved from authentic sources
by BOSWELL. JAMES
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge. London. 1859. Four volumes bound in two. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated throughout with fine engravings, some full page. Contemporary fine bindings of half dark reen calf. Spines with raised bands with decorative gilt tooling. Gilt ruling, decoration and lettering to compartments. Red title labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper to boards and endpapers. All edges marbled. Overall a very good clean set in attractive nineteenth century bindings. -- This edition was edited by Robert Carruthers.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10896
- Title
- THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. New edition, elucidated by copius notes, and illustrated with numrous portraits, and characteristic designs, engraved from authentic sources
- Author
- BOSWELL. JAMES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge. London. 1859
- Date Published
- 1859
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings; Children's and Illustrated books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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