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Maud, and Other Poems
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Edward Moxon, 1855. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. g to vg. 12mo. 154pp. Contemporary brown full leather binding, with blind stamped design, and beveled edges. Spine with gilt lettering, blind stamped designs and raised bands. Gauffered edges of book block, and gilt tooling to edges of interior covers. Brown ribbon marker. Missing the publisher's ads. The publication is a first edition, first printing of this acclaimed collection of poems by Tennyson, including the first appearance of "Charge of the Light Brigade", and was the first collection printed after becoming the poet laureate in 1850. Binding with some rubbing and bumping to hinges of spine, at corners and along edges. Interior with names of some previous owners in ink at interior front cover. Some light smudges and some light water stains to the front free endpapers, title page and initial pages. Starting at the top of gutter of the interior back cover. Binding in good, interior in very good condition overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42081
- Title
- Maud, and Other Poems
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Romantic poetry, English poetry, Victorian Poetry, Romantic Literature, Literary Romanticism, Victorian literature, 19th century literature, English literature, narrative poetry,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Gauffered Edges
- ...
- 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...
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