The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Copyright Edition, 4 vol set
by Robert Browning
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
4 vols bound as 2. Very Good HCs, no DJs. Full fine-grain calf leather over slightly beveled boards, very dark blue on covers, dark brown on spines; covers gilt stamped with frames of double rules enclosing acanthus roll enclosing dotted roll with a large central fleur de lis; spines gilt stamped with titles and floral, double rule and acanthus rolls; untrimmed text block edges; end papers of gilt fleur de lis pattern on white/gilt background; vol 1 with tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author; ribbon markers. Bright, clean covers and spines; covers showing some very light scuffing, spines are intact with some surface crackling lines; joints are sound, leather remains supple; tightly bound; both volumes with owner name and date (1899) on front fly leaf; some foxing on frontis tissue and title page in vol 1; interiors very clean and bright. Unsigned fine binding with booseller's small ticket on front pastedowns 'George A. Cole | Stationer & Bookseller | 17 Via Tornabuoni. 17 | Florence'. Volumes page: 292, 320, 326, 287 pp. 16mo, 1225 total pp.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M00471
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Copyright Edition, 4 vol set
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1872-1884
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- BROWNINGS, LONDON, ENGLAND, BRITISH, VERSE, POEMS, AUTHORS, FINE BINDINGS, LEATHER, COLLECTIBLE
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- 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
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...