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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Thomas Hutchinson (Ed.)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Humprey Milford, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. Reprint. 917 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Blue dyed top textblock edge. Pages remain bright and clear. Moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers. Binding is firm. Noticeable creasing to bottom corner of some pages; does not affect text. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Mild marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Noticeable splitting to spine ends. Gilt remains bright. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with small but noticeable marks also.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1676540441ADA
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author
- Thomas Hutchinson (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Humprey Milford
- Date Published
- 1945
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...