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THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON : POET LAUREATE
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Macmillan and Co, 1894. Leather-bound. Good Plus. Small octavo, 7.5 in. x 5.2 in., pp. viii, 898. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis of Tennyson. Green full calf with gilt coat of arms to front. Gilt title and five raised bands to spine. Gilt edges. Rubbing to extremities; scuffing to rear board. Sunning to spine (leaving spine a light brown color. Gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Two-column pages. Bookplate is that of Elstree School, and the book was awarded in 1897 to a student for excellence in "Classics."
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87192
- Title
- THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON : POET LAUREATE
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- British poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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