ROSAMOND- A SERIES OF TALES
by EDGEWORTH, MARIA
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1856. 190pp + 32pp Book List; 2 chromo-lithographic illustrations at front; Red boards decorated in gilt and all edges gilt; Slight rubbing to edges and corners and internal hinges cracked causing some looseness; Remains of small private catalogue number to base of spine; Publisher's Preface dated 1856;. First Edition Thus. Decorated Boards. Very Good/No d/w. 16mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005210
- Title
- ROSAMOND- A SERIES OF TALES
- Author
- EDGEWORTH, MARIA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 16mo
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Skreen, Sligo
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About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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