THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE HERBERT.
by HERBERT, George
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very slight rubbing at spine ends and corners, otherwise clean, very good+. Neat gift inscription on verso front endpaper, ""Mrs
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About This Item
London,, 1856. First Illustrated Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. Very slight rubbing at spine ends and corners, otherwise clean, very good+. Neat gift inscription on verso front endpaper, ""Mrs Henry Sterry, from her affectionate step-father, Samuel Henry Sterry - December 24th 1855."". Large 8vo. pp 256. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine and front cover with bevelled edges and all edges gilt. Illustrations designed by Birket Foster, John Clayton, and Henry Noel Humphreys.
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- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE HERBERT.
- Author
- HERBERT, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Very slight rubbing at spine ends and corners, otherwise clean, very good+. Neat gift inscription on verso front endpaper, ""Mrs
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1856
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Good+
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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....
- Rubbing
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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