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Enoch Arden, Etc.
by Tennyson, Alfred D.C.L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1864. A collection of sixteen poems by the Poet Laureate. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First English Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding, decoratively ruled and stamped; titling on the spine in gilt. Clean text; 178 pages. The publisher has placed an eight-page catalog [dated "September, 1864"[ in the front of the book; a rather unusual practice in the book trade. Front paste-down has the bookplate of John Francis Neylan (1885-1960). A prominent lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician, Neylan served on the Board of the University of California during the contentious years of the Loyalty Oath. Spine faded to brown, but with gilt titling still bright; split to the fore-edge of the spine;. The front gutter has been reinforced with filmoplast; the rear is cracked but holdin. In an archival plastic protector within a custom-made slipcase. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006023
- Title
- Enoch Arden, Etc.
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred D.C.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic English Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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