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THE POETICAL WORKS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING In Six Volumes
by BARRETT BROWNING Elizabeth
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- Seller
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Dulverton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith Elder & Co.,1890. 1st edn. 6 vols. 12mo (7 x 4¾ ins). Rebound by Deighton Bell in contemporary gilt decorated full calf, all edges gilt and marbled endpapers (headcaps chipped and spines and corners rubbed - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with b&w plates, frontispieces with tissue-guards (inscribed with what appears to be G.K. Chesterton's signature on front prelim of vol V).
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168522
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING In Six Volumes
- Author
- BARRETT BROWNING Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith Elder & Co.,1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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