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Poems
by William Allingham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition of the author's scarce first book. Rebound. in red leather. Five raised bands. Gilt text block edges. Includes the poem 'The Faeries.' William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish
poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem 'The Faeries' was included in many anthologies, but he is better known for his posthumously published Diary in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. Shelf wear to edges, tips, and spine. Owner inscription on FFEP, otherwise clean interior. Binding is tight and square.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3228
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- William Allingham
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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