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The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books
by Bridges, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Oxford / London: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1930 First impression of the second edition, with the author's final corrections. Original 1/4 vellum and marbled boards, gilt lettered spine, with black-and-white photograph frontispiece and publisher’s note tipped in at the end, 176pp., in priced dust jacket. Book with light soiling and rubbing to covers and light browning to endpapers; dust jacket with some chipping, flaps separating, tape to verso, toning to spine and cover margins, small tear/hole to mid-spine, else fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002870
- Title
- The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books
- Author
- Bridges, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford / London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY, LITERATURE.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
Biblio member since 2003
Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
We specialize in First Editions in Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, many signed first editions and limited editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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