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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
by Robert Browning
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: The Riverside Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. CAmbridge Edition. Hardcover. Cambridge Edition, 1895, 8vo (approx 6 x 8.5) , Original Fine Full-Leather Binding, Interior and Exterior Dentelles, 5 Raised Bands with Gilt Decorated Compartments, Top Edge Gilt, Marble End-Papers, xviii, 1033pp with Index and Frontis. Book is in Very Good+ condition, with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing npo separation or starting, and no foxing, mold, or annotations. Outer covers show some general rubbing and reading wear. Light rubbing to the edges and corners. Hinges show some signs of previous reading, but again, no seapration or starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1033 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8816
- Title
- The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- CAmbridge Edition
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Leather Binding, Fine Binding, Poetry, Plays, Drama, Theatre, Poetics, Literature, Fiction
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
Biblio member since 2017
North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
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