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The Table-Talk of John Selden. With a Biographical Preface and Notes by S.W. Singer.
by Selden, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1847. cxxxiv, [1], 257 pp., [1] corrigenda. In signed fine binding by Morrell of London for G.P. Putnam's Sons of full polished calf, the back ornately gilt, covers with triple gilt rules, marbled end papers, edges dyed yellow. Very Good, joints showing wear yet still holding quite nicely, shadow of frontispiece portrait on title page. A quite pleasing copy of Selden's best known work. . First Pickering Edition. Full Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 008014
- Title
- The Table-Talk of John Selden. With a Biographical Preface and Notes by S.W. Singer.
- Author
- Selden, John
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Pickering Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1847
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Fine Bindings; Nineteenth Century;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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Bloomington, Indiana
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- jacket
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- fine binding
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- gilt
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- 12mo
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- calf
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- title page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...[more]
- G
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- edges
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