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The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. With Two Prose Essays.
by BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1920. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Maroon polished morocco leather fine binding (Oxford Fine Binding). With raised banding and gilt lettering to spine, full gilt page edgeing. Wide gilt inner dentelles. Plain endpapers. In very good near fine condition. A couple of small bumps to top end of spine, two small nicks to leather on raised bands, else cover clean and smart. Some mild foxing spots to endpapers. No penned inscriptions. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 667 pp. Illustrated with a B&W engraved frontis portrait.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91565
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. With Two Prose Essays.
- Author
- BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1920
- Keywords
- POETRY Fine Binding, Poetry, browning, elizabeth, OUP, oxford, leather, gilt, works, 1920, Aurora Leigh, Seraphim, Marathon, Prometheus Bound,
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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...
- 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,...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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