Boston, Lincolnshire.: Printed by Robert Roberts., 1856.. reprint of 1661 edition; limited edition #300 of 400... ½ green leather with blue boards edged in gilt, top edge gilt, raised bands and gilt decorations.. very good; shelf wear, bumped corners, pages beginning to yellow, top and bottom of spine fraying.. 12mo..

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Bookseller: Zephyr Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 199472
Title: Choyce Drollery: Songs & Sonnets.
Author: Ersworth, J. Woodfall (editor)
Format/Binding: ½ green leather with blue boards edged in gilt, top edge gilt, raised bands and gilt decorations.
Book Condition: Used - very good; shelf wear, bumped corners, pages beginning to yellow, top and bottom of spine fraying.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: reprint of 1661 edition; limited edition #300 of 400..
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed by Robert Roberts.
Place of Publication: Boston, Lincolnshire.
Date Published: 1856.
Pages: (6), xxxviii, (6), 426, (10), 6 pp.
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;
Size: 12mo.

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Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...
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...
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...
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....