Death of Oenone, Akbar's Dream and Other Poems [With Engraved Bookplate of Charlotte Marion Baird; Countess of Enniskillen]
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan. Very Good-. 1892. First Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages; 1892 Macmillan, London. 1st edition. Snug and bright in full green morocco binding by Wickers & Son, Leicester - presumably for Charlotte Marion Byrd, Countess of Enniskellen. Her engraved bookplate to the front pastedown. A bookplate on the facing page has been removed with a bracket remanant of paper at the page edges. An ink numeral stamp base of title page and a dim ink stamp to rear pastedown enjoining the book's removal from the library suggest that the book was for some time in institutional ownership. Handsome binding and clean text with attractive bookplate. VG- thus .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49012
- Title
- Death of Oenone, Akbar's Dream and Other Poems [With Engraved Bookplate of Charlotte Marion Baird; Countess of Enniskillen]
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
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- Books on Books / Bookplates;
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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