Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1880. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. B/w Illustations Engraved Under the Direction of A. V. S. Anthony. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark green cloth decorated in gilt, grey, and black; beveled board edges, all edges gilt; 8vo, 103pp. (Minor light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, front inner hinge starting to crack at upper tip; illustrations list page detached).

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Bookseller: Vashon Island Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0827243
Title: A Dream of Fair Women
Author: Tennyson, Alfred Lord
Illustrator: B/w Illustations Engraved Under the Direction of A. V. S. Anthony
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1880
Keywords: Poetry Illustrated Books

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Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...