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The Testament of Beauty
by Bridges, Robert (1844-1930)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929. 1st trade edition. A philosophical poem in four parts by the former UK poet laureate. 191 pp. 3-page "Publisher's Note on the Text' tipped in at rear. 12mo. Parchment vellum binding with blind-stamped borders and gilt titling. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket that is lightly chipped and darkened at the spine. Clean and securely bound. Partly unread, with later pages unopened. No signatures or bookplates.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000083
- Title
- The Testament of Beauty
- Author
- Bridges, Robert (1844-1930)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Lux Libri
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About the Seller
Lux Libri
Biblio member since 2006
Elizabethtown, New York
About Lux Libri
Online booksellers since 1996 with general inventory of used and rare books, signed material, ephemera, etc. Our listings are original and show the actual item for sale. We do not use stock photos or descriptions. Most dust jackets are protected in clear, archival covers (removable, if desired.) Books are shipped in sturdy, new boxes with tracking. (Paper and lightweight items may ship in padded envelopes.) Inquiries always welcome and promptly answered.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
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