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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning in Two Volumes - Volume I Only
by Robert Browning, Henry Newbolt (Editor)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Smith Elder & Co, 1902 Book. Fair. Half Bound in Ivory Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Volume One of a set of two volumes with portraits. 786pp illustrated with black and white portrait to frontis. Marbled endpapers. Bound in ivory cloth over paper boards, with gilt lining, gilt floral design to spine with gilt lettering on burgundy title label. Top edges gilt, rest rought cut and sunned. Paper on boards worn and darkened, with some fraying to edges. Creasing to corners, inscription to endpaper, otherwise good/fair reading copy..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010658
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Robert Browning in Two Volumes - Volume I Only
- Author
- Robert Browning, Henry Newbolt (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Smith Elder & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Reading Copy
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- Fair
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- 12mo
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- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
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