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The Poems of John Donne
by DONNE, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. A 1951 edition of Oxford University Press's one-volume compilation of the poems of the English poet and cleric John Donne (1573-1631). Edited, and with an introduction by Sir Herbert Grierson. --- In navy cloth with publisher's device in blind to front cover, titling in gilt to spine, characteristic OUP double fillets in blind to covers and blue topstain. Volume has no dust jacket. --- With rather frequent inked notations by student Karin Chapman, including her dated signature to front free endpaper. Also with corner of rear paste-down covered in blue tape and mildly rounded cover corners, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; lvi, 404 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86650
- Title
- The Poems of John Donne
- Author
- DONNE, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry; >>Religion and Spirituality;
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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