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A NEW COLLECTION OF ENIGMAS, CHARADES, TRANSPOSITIONS ETC.
by CHARADES.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806.. NEW EDITION 1806. Small 8vo in sixes, approximately 155 x 95 mm, 6 x 3¾ inches, pages: title page, [1]-230, (which includes solutions to the enigmas, charades, transpositions, and queries), last page errata followed by 6 pages of adverts, bound in full calf, rebacked in lighter leather, stained black at head and tail to try to match covers, gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt decoration to edges of covers, marbled endpapers and edges. Binding rubbed, corners slightly worn, gilt title slightly tarnished, light foxing throughout, slightly heavier on 2 pages, pale stain affecting 6 pages, 3 to inner margins, 2 small brown spots to 2 lower blank margins, neat pencil presentation inscription to top margin of title page, otherwise a very good copy. See: ESTC N5821; and NSTC series I & ll. Originally published in 1791. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47489
- Title
- A NEW COLLECTION OF ENIGMAS, CHARADES, TRANSPOSITIONS ETC.
- Author
- CHARADES.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENIGMAS CHARADES TRANSPOSITIONS GAMES PUZZLES
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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