THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (LEATHER BOUND WITH ART NOUVEAU GILT STAMPING) From the Text of Clark and Wright with a Copious Glossary
by William Shakespeare
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Thomas Y. Crowell. Good+. c. 1910. Hardcover. ; Brown pebbled leather bound cover with gilt stamped art nouveau design on spine and front cover has light wear to extremities but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gilt page edges all the way around have damp stain on lower half. Art nouveau patterned paste downs and end papers with very faint damp staining to lower portion. Pages have faint damp stain and red dye bleeding on lower portion of pages. Still a very readable copy and exterior is very attractive to display. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7959
- Title
- THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (LEATHER BOUND WITH ART NOUVEAU GILT STAMPING) From the Text of Clark and Wright with a Copious Glossary
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Date Published
- c. 1910
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.