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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser . In Five Volumes
by Spenser, Edmund
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1852. Five volumes in contemporary pebbled brown morocco, gilt lettering, tooled in blind, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Near Fine, light rubibing, light toning at end pages occasional scattered toning. A well-bound set. . . Later Edition. Pebbled Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008305
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser . In Five Volumes
- Author
- Spenser, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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