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The Reckoning and Other Poems
by Martin, E.M. [Pseud. of Edith Lister. 1867-1938]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Shaftesbury: The High House Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo. Original decorative paper boards with red fleur de lys and vellum spine. This is copy no. 89 of 150 limited copies printed on mould-made paper. The press work was done by a school master James Edwin Masters, and is typeset by his wife Beatrice at their house press. 26 p.p., [2]. A collection of fifteen poems. Deckle edges. Sunning to spine and paper boards. Light rubbing at outer-edges and extremities. Watermark of a tall ship on front free endpaper. Light offsetting to free endpapers. Else a near fine copy. E.M. Martin is the pseudonym of Edith Lister [1867-1938], who was the secretary at Shakespeare Head Press.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001967
- Title
- The Reckoning and Other Poems
- Author
- Martin, E.M. [Pseud. of Edith Lister. 1867-1938]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The High House Press
- Place of Publication
- Shaftesbury
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Poetry, the Reckoning, Poems
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Private Press Books;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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