Memoirs of the forty-Five First Years of James Lackington, the Present Bookseller in Chiswell Street, Moorfield, London
by Lackington James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Author, 1794. Collation, 540pp, engraved frontispiece. Bound in full red calf, raised bands, gilt tooling within compartments, rule gilt lines on boards. Binding in excellent clean firm condition. Internally, signature erased from title page, leaving some abrasion wear, title page strengthened, some occasiona browning. Pages in good clean condition throughout. A very nice copy, in a very attractive binding. A58. New Edition. Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009183
- Title
- Memoirs of the forty-Five First Years of James Lackington, the Present Bookseller in Chiswell Street, Moorfield, London
- Author
- Lackington James
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1794
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- James Lackington
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Leather Bindings; Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Raised Band(s)
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