The Shipwreck.
by FALCONER, WILLIAM:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
for John Sharp, London, 1818. Extra engraved title and plates by Richard Westall. 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 inches), 167-pages. Contemporary full tan calf, spine gilt in compartments with burgundy lettering pieces, sides with wide ornamental gilt borders. Some rubbing to extremities, short crack to upper joint, foxing to prelims; overall good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21652
- Title
- The Shipwreck.
- Author
- FALCONER, WILLIAM:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- for John Sharp, London, 1818.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- 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....