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Miniature Book - Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard; Ode on the Spring; and Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
by Gray, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd adn The H.B. Clafin Co., 1905 Second Edition, 71 pp. Printed by Neill & Co., Ltd. Edinburgh. Hard cover, 64 mo, measuring 2 1/8 x 2 ¾ inches, finely bound in full green morocco with gilt decoration consisting of pairs of three-leaved sprigs, each with three gilt dots, to the outer corners of both boards. The spine is blind stamped into three sections, with "Graves' /Elegy and "1903" centering a further leafy branch. All edges are gilt, as are the turn-ins. A silk ribbon bookmark is attached. . A small bookseller's ticket is on the rear pastedown for J.H. Ficker, Stationers, Upper Norwood [London.] Condition: Very Good. Sunning to rear board, slight wear to head and tail of spine and front joint. There are remains of a bookplate once attached to the front endpaper. Browning more pronounced to endpapers and half title, otherwise uniformly age-toned. A fun-sized treasure. . Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8152
- Title
- Miniature Book - Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard; Ode on the Spring; and Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
- Author
- Gray, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd adn The H.B. Clafin Co.
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1905
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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