Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Complete in One Volume; Corrected by the Last London Edition; Illustrated by Sel. Eytinge, Jr., W.J. Hennessy, W. Thwaites, and C.G. Bush
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good -. Imprint includes "New York: James Miller." [3], xii-xiv, [1], 16-533, [1] p., frontispiece portrait of the author and 12 additional leaves of plates; 17 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with embossed cover title "Mrs. Browning's Poems" over gilt on front board and blind on back board. Boards have bevelled edges. Rebacked with dark blue cloth, retaining lower section of original cloth. All page edges gilt. Original dark brown endpapers. Each page printed within red ruled border. The list of illustrations omits both the frontispiece and a plate captioned "Bettine" facing p. 138. In Very Good- Condition: modern cloth rebacking, retaining lower section of original cloth spine; Japanese tissue repair of hinges; foxing along edges of frontispiece; faint dampstain along fore-edges of some early leaves and very faintly at lower corner on later leaves; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- Title
- Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Complete in One Volume; Corrected by the Last London Edition; Illustrated by Sel. Eytinge, Jr., W.J. Hennessy, W. Thwaites, and C.G. Bush
- Author
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1872
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- Poetry;
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