Rory O'More (The Works of Samuel Lover)
by Samuel Lover, James Jeffrey Roche (introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Kent, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Ex library. Poor. Rory O'More (The Works of Samuel Lover), New York: The Atheneum Society (copyright Little, Brown, 1901), xxxii plus 529 pages. Introduction by James Jeffrey Roche. Half morocco stamped in blind and gilt, fingernail-sized chip top spine, spine strip separated about 3 inches at top front (binding however feels firm), marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, soil/dark toning other edges, a few apparent partially cut pages noted, library stamps, labels etc, reading copy with light tanning. Frontispiece.
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- Bookseller
- Upper Village Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 595
- Title
- Rory O'More (The Works of Samuel Lover)
- Author
- Samuel Lover, James Jeffrey Roche (introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Athenaeum Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ireland;
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- Gilt
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- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Reading Copy
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- Spine
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