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A Round of Days Described in Original Poems By Some of Our Most Celebrated Poets and in Pictures By Eminent Artists
by [Poetry]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. 93pp, [3], (printed on rectos only). Contemporary full morocco, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, remaining panels with volute corner pieces and central lozenge-shaped tool, covers with multiple rolls and panels inside a triple fillet of varying thicknesses as a border. Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped, outer joints rubbed with a couple of small splits, black mark to upper cover. Internally lightly foxed throughout, occasionally heavier, but fairly bright. Inner hinges cracked and slightly weak, but holding well, slight movement in text block when laid flat. Attractive hand-drawn and coloured presentation dedication to ffep, the bookplate of Percival F. Hinton to front-pastedown, from the library of Eric Quayle (though no evidence of this). First Edition. Full Morocco. Good. Illus. by Dalziel Brothers. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- Zetetic Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000119
- Title
- A Round of Days Described in Original Poems By Some of Our Most Celebrated Poets and in Pictures By Eminent Artists
- Author
- [Poetry]
- Illustrator
- Dalziel Brothers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Poetry, Ebay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century; Poetry, Plays and Theatre;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Zetetic Books
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- First Edition
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