The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. Edited, with a Critical Memoir, By William Michael Rossetti
by Campbell, Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: E. Moxon, Son & Co.. Fine Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrated by Thomas Seccombe. Not dated but gift inscription on front endpaper is dated 1873. Size 7.5" x 4.75", 420 pages. Red leather and gilt fine binding. Condition near fine, corners and spine edges slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, a few spots to endpapers else contents clean. Gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1873 and beneath pencil notes from a later family member dated 1936, from the library of Henry Yool, a bookplate loosely inserted with the Latin motto "Collegivm Exoniense In Academia Oxon". The front and back covers are decorated with a series of intricate and patterned gilt borders and inner corner pieces. Five gilded raised bands to the spine with gilt titles in the second and gilt borders scrolls and centrepieces in the other compartments. Gilt hatching to the cover edges and gilt flowers and leaves to the inner turn-ins, pages are edged with incredibly bright gilt, pale yellow pastedowns and endpapers and burgundy book mark ribbon. Illustrated by Thomas Seccombe. With frontispiece bust portrait, engraved title page with vignette illustration "How bitter she wept o'e the victim of War" with full page engravings and vignette head and tailpieces throughout. A beautiful book. With a critical memoir by William Michael Rossetti. Thomas Campbell 1777-1844. His complete poetical works, including his most famous works "Lord Ullin's Daughter", "Lochiel's warning" "Glenara", "The Pleasures of Hope", "Ye Mariners of England", "Hohenlinden", "The Battle of the Baltic" and "Gertrude of Wyoming".
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011652
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. Edited, with a Critical Memoir, By William Michael Rossetti
- Author
- Campbell, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Thomas Seccombe
- Format/Binding
- Fine Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- E. Moxon, Son & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- POEMS POETRY VERSE ROMANCE WAR THE NEW MONTHLY REVIEW SPECIMENS OF BRITISH POETS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GLASGOW RECTOR HENRY YOOL
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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