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Mother Bunch's Closet Newly Broke Open, and the History of Mother Bunch of the West
by Gomme, George Laurence
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for The Villon Society. Very Good. 1885. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Chap-books and Folk-lore Tracts - First Series III; 34 pages; Contents clean and secure in original white Japanese vellum with gilt lettering at spine, some wear at spine edges. A beautifully printed facsimile edition of the 1685 edition of Mother Bunch's Closet Newly Broke Open, and the History of Mother Bunch of the West with an Introduction by George Laurence Gomme. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44742
- Title
- Mother Bunch's Closet Newly Broke Open, and the History of Mother Bunch of the West
- Author
- Gomme, George Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Printed for The Villon Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 12mo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Seventeenth Century Literature, Mother Bunch, Folklore and Legends, Fine Printing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
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Antiquarian Book Shop
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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