A Catalogue of Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes of Ancient and Modern Books, English and Foreign, in All Classes of Literature and the Fine Arts, Including Rare and Curious Books, Manuscripts, etc in Good Library Condition, Many in Neat and Elegant
Author:
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Title:
A Catalogue of Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes of Ancient and Modern Books, English and Foreign, in All Classes of Literature and the Fine Arts, Including Rare and Curious Books, Manuscripts, etc in Good Library Condition, Many in Neat and Elegant
Publisher:
Willis and Sotheran 1862
Description:
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to green leather spine, 594pp + 36pp, VG- (minimal library markings, heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing to boards, lengthy crack to base of spine hinge, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, various ownership markings to front pastedown- heavy gouge/scuff also, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to pages sporadically thorughout, some page segments sl loosened but still attached)
Keywords:
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