The Secret Library: A Book-lover's Journey through the Curiosities of History
Author(s):
Tearle, Oliver
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 5 - 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Near Fine |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Near Fine |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
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| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Michael O'Mara |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| ISBN: | 9781782435570 |
| SKU: | 002288 |
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| Categories: | Books on Books, Book Collecting, Print and Design History , Literary History and Criticism |
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256pp. Rich red endpapers. Occasional decorations in text. Pictorial cloth boards (immaculate). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, striking dust jacket with a 'secret key hole'. A lovely volume in fine condition throughout, which rediscovers little known gems of bookish history, such as Charles Dickens' wife and her cookbook written under the name Lady Maria Clutterback, and the fact that the only one of Edgar Allan Poe's books to make money in his lifetime was a non-fiction work on snails.
Keywords:
Books on Books
Reading
Literary History
