Humphrey Milford, 1913. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brown marbled leather. Decorative gilt border on covers. Decorative gilt on spine. Gilt dentelle. All edges gilt. Light rubbing on edges. Marbled endpapers. Bottom edge of font endpaper near spine chipped. Foxing on endpapers, frontis and some on title page. Missing very top corner of pages introduction and preface and pages 281-278. Binding tight.

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Bookseller: Bearly Read Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 075311
Title: The Poems of Matthew Arnold
Author: Arnold, Matthew
Format/Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Humphrey Milford
Date Published: 1913
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
Dentelle: Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...