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The "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound Little Sense
by Gilbert, W. S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates No date of publication indicated. Previous owner's inked name/date on 3rd ffep, else clean and tight. All edges gilt. Blue cloth bookmark slipped in. Gilt lettering & decoration to binding. Shelf worn binding, moderate fraying to head and foot of spine, light fraying to corners and edges, scratch along spine on rear cover, light character soiling. 226pp.. Fifth Revised Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by W. S. Gilbert. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB3542
- Title
- The "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound Little Sense
- Author
- Gilbert, W. S
- Illustrator
- W. S. Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Fifth Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Keywords
- W. S. Gilbert "Bab" Ballads, Music, Ballads, Songs, Poems, Ballads
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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