THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE HERBERT In Prose and Verse The Lansdowne Poets
by Herbert, George
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne, 1882. 488pp,[viii] pp pub. cat. Illustrated with notes. A fine example of Warne's Lansdowne Poets series with the highly decorative broen and gilt cloth binding. All edges gilt. A trifle toned to the spine but a nice copy. Hinges sound but papers cracked.. Landowne Poets Edition. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TH247
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE HERBERT In Prose and Verse The Lansdowne Poets
- Author
- Herbert, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Landowne Poets Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Landowne Poets Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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....
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