The Bab Ballads
by W S Gilbert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan - Pocket Classics, 1926 Book. Illus. by The Author. Good. Red Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Selection of comic verse by W S Gilbert, written prior to his librettos. Gilt design and lettering to front board and spine. Gilt to top edges. Spine slightly bowed, some spotting to fore edges, some bumping and rubbing to spine, corners and edges, otherwise good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002501
- Title
- The Bab Ballads
- Author
- W S Gilbert
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan - Pocket Classics
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.