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THE POETICAL WORKS. With Portraits.
by BROWNING. ROBERT
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Smith, Elder, & Co. London. 1899. TWO VOLUMES. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.6 inches). Portrait frontis engravings showing Browning as a young man (dated 1835) opposite the title page of volume 1, and as an old man (1881) for volume 2. Finely bound in contemporary full burgundy calf bindings. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt ruling. Compartments with double ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin tan morocco labels, gilt. Boards with double ruled borders with floral decorations to the corners. Front boards both have circular gilt stamp of Saint Catherine's School, Bramley, Guildford, to the centre. Decorative blind floral borders to the inner boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. School prize labels, dated 1900, to the front pastedown endpapers in each volume. Some minor foxing to the frontispieces and the tissue guards opposite them. Blank white prelim pages are more heavily foxed but the text pages are clean throughout. A little minor rubbing to the extremities and some light fading to the boards but overall a very good set very attractive decorative leather binding. The bindings are unsigned but are cetainly the work of a master bookbinder.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10948
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS. With Portraits.
- Author
- BROWNING. ROBERT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder, & Co. London. 1899
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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