SKETCHES AND STUDIES, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL
by King, Richard John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good binding
- Seller
-
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1874. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. [8], 488 pp. First edition. Red embossed cloth binding with title in gold on the spine; the partially unopened textblock is a trifle shaken, but holding. An uncommon first edition copy of King's collection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4337
- Title
- SKETCHES AND STUDIES, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL
- Author
- King, Richard John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- Box I
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature and Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...