Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life in Two Volumes

Uncommon. This one could use a good bookbinder! Volume One: Good. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine is faded, with bumping to ends and a small puncture. Inner hinges beginning to crack. Remains of bookplate to fep. Previous owner's mark to ffep. Pagination: viii pp, 317 pp. Volume Two: Fair. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine is faded, with bumping to ends and a small puncture to the cloth at the outer joint. Both inner hinges are completely broken leaving the textblock separate from the boards. One page is detached, others hanging by just two threads. Remains of bookplate to fep. Previous owner's mark to ffep. Pagination: 312 pp. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1006g. (YBP Ref: 033775:1-I1)

• Author: GASKELL, Elizabeth
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• Publisher: Chapman and Hall
• Condition: Good
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• Size: 8vo - over 73/4in - 93/4in Tall
• Binding: Hardcover
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• Published Date: 1849
• Edition: 3rd
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• Language: English