Maud Locksley Hall and Other Poems
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1891. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4. Johnson, Charles Howard; Boston, Frederick J. Type: Literature FAIR / NO DUST JACKET. viii, 384 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name at free front endpaper. Pages lightly toned at edges. With 97 vignette illustrations in b/w. Floral patterned buckram half-bound in white cloth, with gilt decoration and lettering at spine. White cloth at the corners lost, all edges very rubbed, corners worn to boards, spine sunned and frayed at top and tail. Hinges cracked, Binding tender, but textblock is intact and firm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RPL Library Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR005017
- Title
- Maud Locksley Hall and Other Poems
- Author
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Illustrator
- Johnson, Charles Howard; Boston, Frederick J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 5 1/4" x 7 3/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature Poetry
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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