More "Bab" Ballads, Much Sound and Little Sense. Illustrated by the author.
by GILBERT, W. S:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Routledge. n.d. 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches), pages 224:(4, advertisements), original green bevelled cloth pictorially blocked in gilt. Gutter cracked between the two last leaves. headband bruised else very good and bright. Contemporary inscription on half-title. Small ink smudges to blank margin of one leaf, upper inner joint cracked.
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- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19847
- Title
- More "Bab" Ballads, Much Sound and Little Sense. Illustrated by the author.
- Author
- GILBERT, W. S:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge. n.d.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...