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Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. [Tennyson Lyric Poems (cover title)]

Name: Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. [Tennyson Lyric Poems (cover title)]
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Author: [Vale Press]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord

by [Vale Press]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord

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London: Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1900. Very Good. London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1900. Octavo, cxvi, [ii] (limitation and colophon) pages with wood-engraved border and initials. White buckram lettered in gilt on the spine, all edges uncut; covers foxed, with the spine a little sunned; endpapers and early (blank) leaves tanned, with some light foxing elsewhere; overall, a very good copy. One of only 320 copies of this elegant publication from the Vale Press, issued in conjunction with a matching companion volume, 'In Memoriam'. The colophon states: 'Seen through the press by C.J. Holmes and decorated with border designed by C.S. Ricketts and engraved by C.E. Keates; printed at the Ballantyne Press.' In his 'Bibliography of the Books issued by Hacon & Ricketts', Ricketts elaborates: 'With border of willow ... Three hundred and twenty copies printed. Price two guineas. Ten copies on vellum'.

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Bookseller: Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 123849
Title: Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. [Tennyson Lyric Poems (cover title)]
Author: [Vale Press]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press]
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1900

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The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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....
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
Colophon: The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...