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Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons: From the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II. (Four volumes)
by James Caulfield
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/none
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
These rare volumes contatin portraits and short biographies of persons of notoriety in 17th and 18th century Britiain, including highwaymen, convicts, preachers, misers, beggars, aristocrats, murderers, rebels, etc. Each entry has an engaved plate of the individual.
Marbled boards are intact but scuffed, rubbed and soiled so as to obscure most of the marbling. End pages are still beautifully marbled. However 2 of the four volumes (# 1 & 3) have a loose first register (10 pages) that include the FFEP, title page, table of contents, etc. Volume 4 has the first engraved plate loose (see images). With a little care, these can be repaired. Due to the age of the books, there is moderate foxing and some staining to pages, but all of the text is clear and readable. Spines still show most of the gilt titles and design and are bumped at head and foot. A printed bookseller's description of the volumes is pasted to Volume 1 end paper.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.
Extra charges for sending the set will be added to the order after shipping to match the actual cost of mailing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town Books of San Anselmo
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 585
- Title
- Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons
- Author
- James Caulfield
- Format/Binding
- 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards with gilt titles and designs on spines
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H.R. Young and T.H. Whitley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1819
- Size
- 6 x 9 1/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English History, biography, convicts, murderers, aristocracy, miscellany, curiosities
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Town Books of San Anselmo
All titles are available for a full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item is misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Town Books of San Anselmo
Biblio member since 2020
San Rafael, California
About Town Books of San Anselmo
Town Books is run by volunteers for the benefit of the San Anselmo Library, San Anselmo, CA. All titles are donated and go through a thorough accession process to ensure that the books are clean and in a good reading state. Selected titles of rare and vintage books are reserved for our online sales with Biblio.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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