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SKETCHES AND STUDIES, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL

SKETCHES AND STUDIES, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL

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SKETCHES AND STUDIES, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL

by King, Richard John

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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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Bookseller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA US (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
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Literature and Fiction;

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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...

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