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The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton. The Story of Her Life Told in Part By Herself and in Part By W.H. Wilkins (Two Volumes)
by Burton, Isabel & W.H. Wilkins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1897. Isabel (1831-1896) was an author herself, but certainly overshadowed by her famous husband; unfortunately remembered for burning some of his more "controversial" translations. These are Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copies of the First American Edition. Blue-black cloth binding, ruled on the covers in blue with her signature in gilt; the rules continue onto the spine, with the titling in giltt. Clean texts; xv, list of illustrations, 374 pages, and vii, list of illustrations, pagination continues from 375 to 778; indexed. Top-edge is gilt, others rough. Bookplate on the front paste-downs. Very light fade to the spine; minor rubbing to top and bottom of spine. A sol;id and attractive set.. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004730
- Title
- The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton. The Story of Her Life Told in Part By Herself and in Part By W.H. Wilkins (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Burton, Isabel & W.H. Wilkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Gilt
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