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The Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Two Volumes)
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Venice, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1907. Leather and Paper. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Author's Edition." (Original copyright date was 1887.) Two volumes. Blue-green leather and marbled paper boards matched with identical marbled endpapers. Gilt rules on covers and gilt titles and decorations on spines. T.e.g. Printed at the University Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Frontispiece photograph of Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Volume I. This item is a collection of the complete poems as prepared by the poet's brother William M. Rossetti, who has also written the preface and notes. Volume I xxx, 293 pp. Volume II xiv, 336 pp. Both volumes rubbed with loss at corner tips.Previous owner's bookplate in both volumes. Overall the gilt remains bright and both volumes are tightly bound. Volume one has some wear to the gilt top edge of text block. Quite an attractive set.
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- Bookseller
- RC Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002591
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
- Format/Binding
- Leather and Paper
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Romantic Poetry English Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature - Poetry; Fine Printings / Fine Bindings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
RC Books
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Venice, Florida
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Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
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