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BEAUX AND BELLES OF ENGLAND - (28 VOLUMES)

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EDITION DELUXE LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. circa 1900. THE GROLIER SOCIETY. LONDON. TWENTY EIGHT VOLUMES. A COLLECTION OF CHARACTERIZATIONS OF 18TH CENTURY NOTABLES, EACH BY A DIFFERENT AUTHOR; LORD HAMILTON AND LADY NELSON - VOL. I & II, MRS. SARAH SIDDONS - VOL. I & II, FANNY BURNEY, MRS. JORDAN - VOL. I & II, MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, NELL GWYN, THE SHERIDANS - VOL. I & II, CHARLES JAMES FOX, LAURENCE STERNE - VOL. I & II, LORD CHESTERFIELD - VOL. I & II, LADY BLESSINGTON, MRS. MARY ROBINSON, PEG WOFFINGTON - VOL. I & II, BEAU NASH, COLLEY CIBBER - VOL. I & II, COUNT BRAMMONT, CAPTAIN GRONOW - VOL. I & II, BEAU BRUMMELL - VOL. I & II. 3/4 BURGUNDY LEATHER HARDBOUND GILT TITLE ,FLORAL DESIGN STAMPED/EMBOSSED SPINE COVER, (5) RAISED BANDS ON SPINE COVER, FAUX LIZARD BOARDS WITH LEATHER CORNER CAPS, NATURAL RAGGED/UPPER GILT LEAF EDGES, COLOR ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECES OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE, SEPARATED BY FINE RICE PAPER, NUMEROUS BLACK/WHITE ENGRAVINGS THROUGHOUT VOLUMES. APPROX. 10000pp. DIMENSIONS: 9" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/2" each book. CONDITION: NEAR FINE; SOME SPINE COVERS GENTLY SUNNED/DARKENED IN VARYING DEGREE, SOME VERY GENTLY BUMPED CORNER TIPS (SLIGHT LOSS AT SOME EDGES/CORNER TIPS), A FEW SLIGHT/SLIM CRACKS STARTING AT UPPER FRONT HINGES (STRONG HINGES/STIFF), TEXT PAGES BRIGHT/SLIGHT AGE TONED, TIGHT SQUARE STRONG SPINES. AN EXCEPTIONAL VOLUME SET.
Published by: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1900
Vendor: dC&A Books

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EDITION DELUXE LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. circa 1900. THE GROLIER SOCIETY. LONDON. TWENTY EIGHT VOLUMES. A COLLECTION OF CHARACTERIZATIONS OF 18TH CENTURY NOTABLES, EACH BY A DIFFERENT AUTHOR; LORD HAMILTON AND LADY NELSON - VOL. I & II, MRS. SARAH SIDDONS - VOL. I & II, FANNY BURNEY, MRS. JORDAN - VOL. I & II, MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, NELL GWYN, THE SHERIDANS - VOL. I & II, CHARLES JAMES FOX, LAURENCE STERNE - VOL. I & II, LORD CHESTERFIELD - VOL. I & II, LADY BLESSINGTON, MRS. MARY ROBINSON, PEG WOFFINGTON - VOL. I & II, BEAU NASH, COLLEY CIBBER - VOL. I & II, COUNT BRAMMONT, CAPTAIN GRONOW - VOL. I & II, BEAU BRUMMELL - VOL. I & II. 3/4 BURGUNDY LEATHER HARDBOUND GILT TITLE ,FLORAL DESIGN STAMPED/EMBOSSED SPINE COVER, (5) RAISED BANDS ON SPINE COVER, FAUX LIZARD BOARDS WITH LEATHER CORNER CAPS, NATURAL RAGGED/UPPER GILT LEAF EDGES, COLOR ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECES OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE, SEPARATED BY FINE RICE PAPER, NUMEROUS BLACK/WHITE ENGRAVINGS THROUGHOUT VOLUMES. APPROX. 10000pp. DIMENSIONS: 9" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/2" each book. CONDITION: NEAR FINE; SOME SPINE COVERS GENTLY SUNNED/DARKENED IN VARYING DEGREE, SOME VERY GENTLY BUMPED CORNER TIPS (SLIGHT LOSS AT SOME EDGES/CORNER TIPS), A FEW SLIGHT/SLIM CRACKS STARTING AT UPPER FRONT HINGES (STRONG HINGES/STIFF), TEXT PAGES BRIGHT/SLIGHT AGE TONED, TIGHT SQUARE STRONG SPINES. AN EXCEPTIONAL VOLUME SET.
Published by: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1900
Vendor: dC&A Books

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