One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected: Second Series Illustrated by Two Hundred and Eighty Engravings on Wood
by Northcote, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1833. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. 3/4 leather lx + 248pp., engravings, index, With 280 wood engravings. Pages bright & white. Boards worn & spine partially stripped, but tight in binding, all edges gilt, & overall a very nice copy. Engraved bookplate of Elizabeth Mary Villiers on the front paste-down
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153290
- Title
- One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected: Second Series Illustrated by Two Hundred and Eighty Engravings on Wood
- Author
- Northcote, James
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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About the Seller
Andrew Barnes Booksellers
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About Andrew Barnes Booksellers
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...