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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON POET LAUREATE Complete in three volumes (Fine Riviere binding)
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1899. Book. Near Fine. Hardback. Complete Edition. 12cm x18.5cm. 1888 -89. A sumptuous binding of calf with gilt decorated flora bands spine, gilt dentelles, delicate decorative gilt turn-ins, red, gold and gilt marbled end papers. All edges in extraordinarily rich gilt. "Signed" Riviere & Sons to the verso of the front free endpapers. Pp.898;bound in three volumes, b/w portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Binding fine with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, a few spots to the prelims. and portrait plate, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight set in splendid Riviere bindings..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036951
- Title
- THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON POET LAUREATE Complete in three volumes (Fine Riviere binding)
- Author
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Complete Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 12cm x18.5cm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Bindings - Fine;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
We are pleased to offer a full refund on any item, if it is returned within 14. If it is not as described, we will also be happy to reimburse shipping costs, otherwise we will only refund the cost of the item. The above only applies if we receive the item back in the same condition that it was sent. We are happy to send books under 1kg free in the UK
About the Seller
Loe Books
Biblio member since 2006
Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
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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...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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