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Poems by Thomas Gray. Embellished with Engravings by Radclyffe.
by GRAY, THOMAS:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1887. Tall Hardback, approx 11 x 8.5 inches. Full light brown calf leather fine binding by “Riviere & Son.” Decorative gilt paneled boards, Gilt shield with lion on front and back cover. Raised bands with gilt trim and florets to spine. Gilt lettering and all page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing and darkening to edges and spine. Small rubbed patch to boards nr bottom corner. A couple of small scratches and handling marks to boards. Armorial bookplate to front endpaper. Binders stamp “Riviere” to blank corner. Some light foxing to plain endpapers/prelims. Some small spots to title page and frontis plate, a couple of occasional minor spots to pages else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. Latin presentation inscription to front (translation) “This Book, Johanni Walter, Eton retirement gift to the teacher instructor Edmundas Warre, 1892.” Else a very good clean and tight copy. xxxvi, 170pp. With engraved frontis portrait, & 3 engraved plates plates by Charles Radclyffe. With decorative chapter headings, letter and tailpieces. A printed presentation leaf before the half-title is inscribed & signed by the Headmaster with the boy's name in Latin & the date (1888).
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85254
- Title
- Poems by Thomas Gray. Embellished with Engravings by Radclyffe.
- Author
- GRAY, THOMAS:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1887
- Keywords
- POETRY Literature, Fine Binding, gray, Charles Radclyffe, poems, poetry, 1887, fine leather, presentation, retirement,
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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.
- 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...
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