John Keats, A Critical Essay
by Bridges, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Privately Printed, 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Robert Bridges's privately printed essay on Keats, number 135 of 250 copies printed. With the bookplate of the clergyman and poet Henry Charles Beeching, with a gift inscription "Harry, from Mary, 15th May 1895", offering a glimpse into the reception of the Romantic poet by the Victorians. Red buckram with sunning to spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, darkening of deckled edges, laid in portrait of Keats from an unknown source. 97pp. 7.5 x 4.75
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2023-P292
- Title
- John Keats, A Critical Essay
- Author
- Bridges, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
B Street Books, ABAA
We accept returns of any book within 30 days and refund the price, so long as the book is returned in the same condition it was sent.
About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
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- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
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