THE DOLLY DIALOGUES.
by HOPE, Anthony
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's maroon cloth with upper board lettering and decorative device gilt, octavo, pp. 202 plus ads (note that the ad pages are unopened). Spine lettering faded. Eight illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Small old bookseller ticket at bottom of free front endpaper. GOOD condition with nicks and rubs to spine ends and board tips. In the introduction to Anthony Hope's novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" (Everyman's Library edition, 1966), British novelist A. E. W. Mason ("The Four Feathers") is quoted: The Dolly Dialogues, written with "delicate wit [and] a shade of sadness," are "so truly set in the London of their day that the social historian would be unwise to neglect them."
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002336
- Title
- THE DOLLY DIALOGUES.
- Author
- HOPE, Anthony
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1907.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- 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....
- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...