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The Works of Charles Lamb. Including his Most Interesting Letters. [Complete in One Volume]
by Lamb, Charles. Collected and edited, with memorials, by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd
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- Condition
- Very good+
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: Bell and Daldy., 1867. 'A New Edition'. . Hard. Very good+. 8vo. 9 1/2".. Illustrated with tissue-guarded engraved fronstipiece.. Very good+. Exquisitely bound in full buff niger morocco with blind stamped fillet frame within double gilt fillets and a roll tooled outer border. Gilt lettered calf tile, five raised bands and elaborate gilt panels to spine. Minor rubbing to edges and sunning to spine. All as pictured. Blind stamped double fillet inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Bookseller label of Myers & Co. 102 New Bond Street, London to front pastedown corner. Previous owner name of 'Robert Cryan' neatly penned to corner of free front endpaper verso. All edges marbled. xv and 648pp.
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- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025795
- Title
- The Works of Charles Lamb. Including his Most Interesting Letters. [Complete in One Volume]
- Author
- Lamb, Charles. Collected and edited, with memorials, by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with tissue-guarded engraved fronstipiece.
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 'A New Edition'.
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1867
- Size
- 8vo. 9 1/2".
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Hexham, Northumberland
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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