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The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque Seventh Edition with new plates
by William Combe
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1817. Seventh Edition. Full Leather. Good. 23.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. [iv], 276 pages. Bound in old brown leather. Color frontispiece and color pictorial title page and 27 additional full page hand colored plates illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson. Binding is still tight but shows wear. Wear at the hinge of the boards. Chipping to the spine. Occassional small loss to edges of the pages not effecting text. Small number stamp on front endpaper. A popular work of satirical verse. Tooley 427.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55713
- Title
- The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque Seventh Edition with new plates
- Author
- William Combe
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Seventh Edition
- Publisher
- R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1817
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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