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The Everyman's Library A Selection of Works
Various
c1910
J M Dent and Sons : London
7" by 4.5"
xiv, [2], 284pp; xvii, 327pp; 358pp; x,559pp; xvi, 517pp; xvii, 178pp; x, 300pp; 300pp
SUMMARY
A selection of works from J M Dent's 'Everyman's Library'.
Illustrated,Leather Binding
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs 5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 4.49
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DESCRIPTION
These eight volumes are from a variety of the essay, theatrical, fictional and children's series published by Dent.
The works are as follows:
A Doll's house and Two Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen
The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
Essays 1st and 2nd Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott
Ivanhoe A Romance by Sir Walter Scott
Everyman's Library by Sir Walter Scott
The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Professor at the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes
All uniformly bound in the limp morocco binding with gilt stamped detailing to the front boards and spines.
The series is a collection of reprinted classic literature. Dent founded the series in 1906 and promised the works to be 'infinite riches in a little room'.
CONDITION
In uniform publisher's limp morocco bindings. Externally, rubbed to the spines. All volumes have a small amount of loss to the head and tail of spines due to rubbing. Patches of lighter rubbing to the joints and extremities. Small amount of light rubbing to boards. Most volumes have the bookplate of prior owner to front pastedown dated 1912. Prior owner's inscriptions to the recto of front endpaper to Emerson and the two Wendell Holmes volumes. Prize bookplate to front pastedown of Scott's work from the Grammar School Ilminster. Front hinge and joint to Midlothian have failed with the board detached but present. Front hinge to Ivanhoe is strained but firm. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the occasional light spots.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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