Aurora Leigh
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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East Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
C.S. Francis & Co, Boston, 1859. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume 3 of Barrett's Poetry. Brown cloth, all edges gilt. A little cover rubbing and minor spine end wear, text block tight, clean and very good. JE2B Size: 16mo (very small). 351 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5098. .
Synopsis
Aurora Leigh is an eponymous epic novel/poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number, the number of the prophetic books of the Sibyl). It is a first person narration, from the point of view of Aurora; its other heroine, Marian Erle, is an abused self-taught child of itinerant parents. The poem is set in Florence, Malvern, London, and Paris.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John McKenna
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5098
- Title
- Aurora Leigh
- Author
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- C.S. Francis & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- BZDB60 Literature & Literary; Poetry. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Aurora Leigh
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
John McKenna
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives not as described or damaged.
About the Seller
John McKenna
Biblio member since 2018
East Northport, New York
About John McKenna
A general used Internet/mail order book business.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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