Idylls of the King Volume 3 Leather Bound - 1896 The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson -The Peoples Edition -
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/ACC/ND
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LEATHERBOUND VOLUME in "THE PEOPLE'S EDITION", "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1896* Publisher: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Deep red leather, embossed gilt title to spine and gilt design to front "A.T. & sprig of leaves". Corners, edges, spine and spine ends have some rubbing. Splits at head with some losses. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Small Bombay booksellers label to front paste-down. Offsetting to end papers and previous owners name to ffep, clean, crisp and tight with some reading wear, no marks to text, top edge gilt, slight marks to other edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 76 pp. text.* Description: The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Idylls of The King Vol. III containing Balin and Balan with Merlin and Vivien. Tennyson's revamp of King Arthur and the legends of the Holy Grail. Balin and Balan are brothers who have transgressed and been exiled from Arthur's court. They redeem themselves and are trusted with various chivalrous errands, through demon ridden forests to the court of the Court of Pellam a former ally of the court. Unfortunately all does not go well and eventually, whilst Balin is in the grip of a mad rage to which he is prone, he and Balan fight and kill each other. Vivien who is a supporter of the old pagan ways and opposed to Arthur and his new order of chivalry has a hand in causing Balan's fall from grace and his eventual demise. In Merlin and Vivien, she continues with her devious plans and seduces Merlin (now getting old and feeble) forcing him to pass on to her one of his darkest spells which she uses against him and ensnares him in a prison of invisibility. She leaves him thus entombed in an oak tree in the forest of Broceliande. Volumes 2,4 and 5 also listed!* A NEAR GD copy with some cover faults and slight age. No dust jacket.*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5799
- Title
- Idylls of the King Volume 3 Leather Bound - 1896 The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson -The Peoples Edition -
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/ACC/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan And Co Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London UK 76
- Date Published
- 1896-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- FFEP
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Reprint
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- VG
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Crisp
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