The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918
by Edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. New Edition. 1172 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to front and rear. Front hinge cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Slight fraying to cloth at spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Feint ring mark to front board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705502201LEE
- Title
- The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918
- Author
- Edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford At The Clarendon Press
- Date Published
- 1939
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.