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LAST POEMS
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good plus
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Good plus. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 142pp. plus 2pp ads. Purple cloth with decorative embossing and gilt title. Spine and edges darkened, top and bottom of spine worn; top of spine torn with loss. 2" split to cloth at fold. Rear hinge cracked, but still sound. Ownership signature on half-title. Some pencil drawing on last blank.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51832
- Title
- LAST POEMS
- Author
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
Terms of Sale
Lost Horizon Bookstore
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. We do not accept overseas orders for some countries and for some large and expensive items.
About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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