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Poems by Alfred Tennyson
by Alfred Tennyson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$1,393.48$1,254.13
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About This Item
London: Edward Moxon, 1848. Leather. Near Fine. 6.5" by 4". None. A beautiful fifth edition of this anthology of verses by Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a signed White morocco binding and featuring a stunning fore-edge painting. Collection of poetry by the famous English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate during the reign of Queen Victoria. The fifth edition of this anthology. Including poems such as 'Claribel,' 'Mariana,' 'Song - the Owl,' 'Ode to Memory,' 'The Poet,' and many others.In a beautiful full straight up grain morocco binding signed White, featuring a lovely fore edge painting illustrative of a view of the Tower of London from the Thames. Egerton Parker's pictorial bookplate to recto front blank page. Rebound in full straight grain morocco with five raised bands with gilt tooling to spine and boards, marbled endpapers, gilt to edges, fore edge painting. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, back strip lightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 845A58
- Title
- Poems by Alfred Tennyson
- Author
- Alfred Tennyson
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 6.5" by 4"
- Keywords
- alfred lord tennyson poems fifth editions poems
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Shelf Wear
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