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Specimens of English Prose Style from Malory to Macaulay
by Saintsbury, George
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Tranch & Co, 1885. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. [2], xlvi, 367, [1] pp. (8vo) 24.8x16.3 cm (9¾x6½"), three-quarter gilt-ruled brown levant morocco & cloth, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; bound by Zaehnsdorf. A fine copy with only a trace of shelfwear.
No. 49 of 50 large paper copies, printed at the Chiswick Press.
A handsomely printed and bound work, selected and annotated with an introductory essay by George Saintsbury. Signed in ink on the limitation page, Charles Whittingham & Co., proprietors of the Chiswick Press.
The first selection is form Malory: The Death of Lancelot.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20710
- Title
- Specimens of English Prose Style from Malory to Macaulay
- Author
- Saintsbury, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Tranch & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books; Arthurian;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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