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Wessex Poems
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardy, Thomas. 8.25" x 5.75". The first American edition of Hardy's first volume of verse, with 30 illustrations by the author. The green cloth binding with gilt lettering and image of the countryside is clean and bright, with minor wear to the lower edge of the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, in places unopened. Discoloration to endpapers, previous owner's signature in ink on the front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2022-M184
- Title
- Wessex Poems
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1899
Terms of Sale
B Street Books, ABAA
We accept returns of any book within 30 days and refund the price, so long as the book is returned in the same condition it was sent.
About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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