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Poems of Robert Browning
by Robert Browning
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry Frowde, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Oxford edition. Half Calf and brown cloth. Marbled edges (faded).696pp. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and blue title label. Minor scuff on bottom edge of spine. Marbled endpapers Previous owner's signature and address on inside page, and subsequent owner's pencilled signature; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pages are age-tanned but clean. Binding is tight. Photograph of Browning to frontispiece. Very Good 1909
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1306
- Title
- Poems of Robert Browning
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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