A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain - including the works of foreigners written in, or translated into the English language - 3 volumes
by Halkett, Samuel; Laing, Rev John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
William Paterson, Edinburgh, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Three volumes (complete). Ex-library (Rand Club, Johannesburg) copy with consequent stamps, use, wear, labels. Rebound in half-leather by the library. Marbled boards and papertrims. For all three the leather corners and spines have shelving and stacking wear, scuffing. The boards are benign, scuffed. They are steady and sure. Volume 1: ABC-Eye. The front pastedown and frontispage have publisher's catalogue pages attached. Volume II: Fab-Nym; pub. 1883. The frontispage has a library label. Volume III: O Br-Tis; pub. 1885. The frontispage has a library label. The early pages have some mis-shelving (?) creases. The contents of all books are most agreeable. They are hale, very clean, clear, tight, fresh-faced, orderly, very confident. Please note that due to the weight of the weight of the books, should they need be posted to the outside of South Africa, extra postal charges may be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Seller
- Chapter 1 Books (ZA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 45rf
- Title
- A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain - including the works of foreigners written in, or translated into the English language - 3 volumes
- Author
- Halkett, Samuel; Laing, Rev John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Paterson, Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1882
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.