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The Massacre of Abergavenny. An Historical Drama, in Five Acts.
by FURNESS JR
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Conway: RE Jones & Bros., 1897. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1897, G, 1st ed. In contemporary half calf over red cloth, some blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges worn. Internally, [3], 4-60 pp, errata tipped in, yellow soiled endpapers, board have a "bow" to them, small binders label to fpd (RE Jones), occasional spotting, text block edges reddened, authors presentation note to the Conway mayor on 1897 to ffep, additional loose leaf with another of the authors dedication notes, dated 1896. A 2nd edition was published in 1899. Uncommon, COPAC shows 5 copies only. (Folio, 12*18 cms). JR Furness, did the conservation work at Plas Mawr, Conwy, for the Royal Cambrian Society.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006091
- Title
- The Massacre of Abergavenny. An Historical Drama, in Five Acts.
- Author
- FURNESS JR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- RE Jones & Bros.
- Place of Publication
- Conway
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.44 lbs
- Keywords
- Abergavenny Wales Drama
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
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