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The Collected Poems.: The title-page and portrait cut on the wood by G. Raverat.
by BROOKE, Rupert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Philip Lee Warner,, 1919. Finely bound copy of the first fine press edition First Riccardi Press edition, number 862 of 1,000 copies on handmade Riccardi Paper; an additional 13 were printed on vellum. The first edition to be printed at a private press, it was produced by Philip Lee Warner's Riccardi Press which was well known for fine editions of Chaucer, Malory, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Browning, reflecting in this company just how rapidly the deceased soldier-poet had been canonized. The collection was first published in America in 1915. An expanded edition was released three years later in Britain. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, spine lettered and framed in gilt, gilt ruling on covers, board edges, and turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Woodcut frontispiece and title page vignette by Gwen Raverat. A fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145446
- Title
- The Collected Poems.
- Author
- BROOKE, Rupert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Philip Lee Warner,
- Date Published
- 1919
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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. ...
- 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...
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