English & Scottish Ballads
by Graves, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Book slightly cocked (but can still stand on its own) . DJ clipped lower corner inside front flap, very light rubbing front & rear extremities and along head of spine, very mild cornerwear. Overall, an unmarked copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 12mo, blue cloth with gilt lettering spine, frontis (facsimile of a page from the Roxburghe Ballads) , DJ, 163pp. , Index of Titles & First Lines. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2628
- Title
- English & Scottish Ballads
- Author
- Graves, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- POETRY, POEMS, FIRST, EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.