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SONNETS by Earle, Ferdinand:
- Bookseller: William Reese Company - Literature
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: WRCLIT 58740
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: London & New York: Elkin Mathews / Mitchell Kennerley, 1910.
Description
London & New York: Elkin Mathews / Mitchell Kennerley, 1910.. Gilt boards, untrimmed. Some tan offsetting to free endsheets and verso of half-title and title, shallow nick at crown of spine, otherwise a very good, crisp copy. First edition. One of five hundred copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 1025 copies printed at the Chiswick Press. The first solo collection by the future editor of THE LYRIC YEAR, and prolific Hollywood art director during the 1910s and 1920s. NELSON (MATHEWS) 1910.42. BOICE 1910.17a.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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. Also known as the back.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
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