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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
by Blackmore, R.D. [Richard Doddridge]; Winterich, John T
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, 1943. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Austen, John. Lacks slipcase and one color plate (meant to face p. 272, entitled There Were But Six). Spine and edges faded. 1943 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 549 pp. 8vo. Blue-green cloth, gilt titles, brown decorations, color frontispiece and plates, and black-and-white illustrations, by John Austen. Introduction by John T. Winterich, preface by author. Blackmore's classic, originally published in 1869, is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor.
Synopsis
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2332699
- Title
- Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
- Author
- Blackmore, R.D. [Richard Doddridge]; Winterich, John T
- Illustrator
- Austen, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 2.13 lbs
- Keywords
- CLASSICS LITERATURE FICTION HISTORICAL ROMANCE
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
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Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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- Plate
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- Spine
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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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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