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THE ALHAMBRA. With an Introduction by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Illustrated with Drawings of the Places Mentioned by Joseph Pennell. Limited edition.
by Irving, Washington; Joseph Pennell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). xx, 436 pages of text. Original maroon hardcover binding with a printed paper spine label. The spine is moderately sunned and rubbed, and there is other minor shelfwear; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Limited to 500 copies printed, this large paper edition is complete with 12 original black-and-white lithographs by Joseph Pennell (1857-1926), signed in the plate. The pages edges are uncut and untrimmed, and in many cases the protruding edge is moderately browned, with a few edges soiled. There are approximately two dozen instances of minor soiling in the text. The endpapers are moderately foxed, and the corners of the first six pages have tiny perforations, affecting the margins only. First edition. .
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019438
- Title
- THE ALHAMBRA. With an Introduction by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Illustrated with Drawings of the Places Mentioned by Joseph Pennell. Limited edition.
- Author
- Irving, Washington; Joseph Pennell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- Quarto (4to)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
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- Spine Label
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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