Poems
by W B Yeats (Selected & Introduction by), Edmund Spenser
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1912 Book. Fair. Burgundy Leather/Buckram. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collection of poems previously published as 'Crossways' and 'The Rose', plus 'The Land of Heart's Desire'. 322pp. Quarter-bound in burgundy leather with gilt lettering and five raised bands to spine and leather corners. Top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Rubbing to spine, corners and edges, backstrip rubbed and worn, top board and endpaper detached, some marking to page edges and dedication to front endpaper, a little musty, otherwise fair copy in scarce binding..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004991
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- W B Yeats (Selected & Introduction by), Edmund Spenser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- T Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.