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TOM BROWNS' SCHOOL DAYS
by [Thomas Hughes]
- Used
- Condition
- Fine. A very nice Kelligram example.
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1871. New Edition. Fine. A very nice Kelligram example.. New Edition. 8vo. xx (ii), 376p. Illustrated with seven plates and text drawings by Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. Bound by Kelligram in full sage green crushed morocco, the spine with gilt titles and football ornaments with panel rules and cornerpieces, the upper cover with ornamental borders and large central pictorial device of Tom and another school boy adjusting the clock tower, the boys clothing, faces, and hands set with onlays of black, brown, tan and flesh colors, the lower cover with central device of cricket bats, a.e.g. Original cloth covers bound in rear. Tom Brown's School Days was a very popular novel set at the Rugby School in the 1830's.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23773
- Title
- TOM BROWNS' SCHOOL DAYS
- Author
- [Thomas Hughes]
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine. A very nice Kelligram example.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BINDINGS;
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Fine
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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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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