THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALFRED TENNYSON (12 VOLUMES WITHIN LEATHER BOXED CASE).
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Hardcover. A superb set of 12 miniature books within red boxed case, all books bound in crimson full pebbled calf with gilt titles and four blind-stamped bands on spine, all books in very good condition, all edges gilt. Scarce. ; 5" X 3.5" .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18080
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALFRED TENNYSON (12 VOLUMES WITHIN LEATHER BOXED CASE).
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- C. Kegan Paul & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Antiquarian, Poetry, Tennyson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Luis Porretta Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Luis Porretta Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2021
Nanaimo, British Columbia
About Luis Porretta Fine Arts
We are an on-line store and our staff has over thirty years experience in selling rare and collectable books, maps, engravings and art. We hold a very large stock of interesting items and would encourage you to visit us on-line at your leisure.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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