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Becket
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1894. Former owner's bookplate on fep, soiling to end papers, bubbling to fep, usual age wear to the gutter at the front, otherwise textblock is clean and tight. All edges gilt. Gilt embossed, lightly faded and worn front cover and spine, bumped corners; Spine sunned and slightly cocked, with frayed extremities; 187p.. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by F. C. Gordon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB15458
- Title
- Becket
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Illustrator
- F. C. Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- English Literature, Drama, Thomas Becket
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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