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The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900
by Edited By Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Oxford, England: The Clarendon Press, 1924. Title page dated 1924. Exceptional copy in a fine binding by Baynton in full deep crimson red straight grained morocco leather with black spine label, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, raised spine bands, gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bookmarks, 6 5/8" tall, 1084 pages on thin paper. Very good condition with light rubbing to extremities, firm binding, light foxing to blank pages at beginning and end, tiny bit of shallow wrinkling to title page, tiny transparent spots to far upper corners of final few pages, pages clean, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046912
- Title
- The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900
- Author
- Edited By Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, England
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FINE BINDING POEMS POETRY BRITISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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