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THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
by SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: C. Daly. 1839. Early edition. Early edition. 12mo. Handsome contemporary full black calf, the boards ruled in gilt, the spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt and with titles in gilt. Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title page. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the extremities and cracking to the hinge between the final page of the preface and p.1 of the text. The contents with a previous owner's ink inscription dated 1904 to the front endpaper, a small area of slight abrasion to the right-hand side of the frontispiece, and the occasional spot of light foxing are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout.� An early pocket-sized collected edition of Shelley's poetical works, first published by Daly in 1836, issued in the same year as the first official collected edition edited by Mary Shelley (1839). An appealing, tactile copy in an attractive contemporary binding.� Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21388
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
- Author
- SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Early edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: C. Daly. 1839
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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