New York: Scribner & Welford, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition. One of two hundred and sixty copies printed for America. Two volume set attractively rebound in three quarter leather decorated with gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Translated into English by John Addington Symonds. Original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. Page foredges unopened, loss of the bottom corners of quite a few pages in volume two not affecting the text, edges and corners are a bit worn, else very good to near fine.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 324246
Title: The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi
Author: GOZZI, Count Carlo (John Addington Symonds)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Scribner & Welford
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1890
Keywords: Biography, Drama
Bookseller catalogs: Drama;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

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Marbled boards: ...
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...
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...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Unopened: A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...