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The Works (of William Morris): The Aeneids of Virgil: Done into English Verse by William Morris
by Morris, William (1834–1896); Virgil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1902. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) . First Thus. Printed by Chiswick Press. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and paper title label. One of 315 (of which only 300 were for sale) copies. Printed on fine, hand-made, W M and floral watermarked paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iii], 238, [iv] pp. Part of a William Morris series comprising eight large quarto books printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by Morris for his Kelmscott Press, 1901–1902. Chapter headings shoulder notes in red. Finished the twenty-fourth day of February, 1902. The paper-covered boards scuffed and corners bumped and worn with chips. Dust soiling to top page edges. Spine frayed but sturdy though faded from blue to brown-grey. Square and solidly bound. All pages flat and free from the usual spotting and foxing of a book this age, excepting a few small spots to boards. Internal pages pristine, clean, white, and crisp. Large bookplate to inner front cover removed, otherwise no markings whatsoever. Condition overall: Good+.
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- Bookseller
- MRM Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1040
- Title
- The Works (of William Morris): The Aeneids of Virgil
- Author
- Morris, William (1834–1896); Virgil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Morris, Virgil, Aeneid, Aeneas, Trojan, Chiswick Press, Kelmscott Press, classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
Terms of Sale
MRM Books
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About the Seller
MRM Books
Biblio member since 2017
Los Angeles, California
About MRM Books
I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
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- Fine
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- Colophon
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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