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Poems
by Clough, Arthur Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1862. xxvii, [1], 259pp, [1], 16pp ads. Rebound in later half-morocco and cloth, raised double bands, spine in five panels, title in gilt to second panel, remaining panels with small flower head corner pieces and alternating centre pieces, unusual square corner pieces (rather than triangle), with double fillet frame and flower head corner pieces, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, original cloth covers bound in to rear. Minor rubbing to extremities, spine slightly faded, some light foxing to first few pages, lightly browned, but generally clean. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown. Binding is by Birdsall of Northampton. First Edition. Half Morocco and Cloth. Good+. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000601
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Clough, Arthur Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Clough, Birdsall, Provincial Binding
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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