The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
by BURNS, Robert
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1890. Octavo : pp. (3) 4-523 (1) 16 (publisher's advertisements) : portrait frontis : t.e.g. : dark brown eps : brown pebbled boards with ruled corners and margin in blind : red leather title shield and publisher's panel lettered in gilt to spine.
Leading edge of top board has two dents; publisher's panel lifting on l.h.s.; title page starting at the gutter; leaves toned with occasional soil mark; with 70 signatures of members of the Danside [?] Jolly Beggars with dates from 1954-1959 (frontis, title, verso of title, and first page of Preface).
Leading edge of top board has two dents; publisher's panel lifting on l.h.s.; title page starting at the gutter; leaves toned with occasional soil mark; with 70 signatures of members of the Danside [?] Jolly Beggars with dates from 1954-1959 (frontis, title, verso of title, and first page of Preface).
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- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3685
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
- Author
- BURNS, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1890
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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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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....