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Browning Poet and Man, a Survey
by Cary, Elisabeth Luther
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. From the Abel Berland library with his bookplate tipped in. 282pp., illustrated. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Browning from a painting by his son. This is much like a biography of Browning. The author writes of his ancestry and youth, Elizabeth Browning, Married life, later Life, Opinions of Contemporaries, the Browning Societies and more. Bound in full brown crushed morocco decorated in gilt with a central red and gilt floral design, flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt and red marbled endpapers framed in a gilt decorated morocco stamped G.P. Putnam's Sons in gilt, rear board stamped The Knickerbocker Press in gilt, top edge gilt, upper joint a bit fragile, rubbed and darkened, another bookplate from the library of Marjorie and Jack Rapoport. A very nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023287
- Title
- Browning Poet and Man, a Survey
- Author
- Cary, Elisabeth Luther
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Abel Berland Browning Society
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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