Very Good HC in fine binding, no DJ. Cream and tan pseudo-marbled paper over boards backed and fore corners with fine black calf; 5 raised bands on spine with gilt title and 5 gilt fleurons in panels; top edge gilt; end papers in same pseudo-marbled paper with pale blue spots; tissue-guarded title page engraving. Bright, clean covers and spine; lightly rubbed at fore corners and spine ends; tightly bound; some foxing on front free end paper verso thru title page and on rear free end paper recto and fly sheet; owner name, inscription and date (1888) on front fly sheet; interior very clean, apparently unread with many leaves unopened at fore edges. Now in protective mylar. 16mo, 235 pp.

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Bookseller: Madden Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M00117
Title: Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: London/New York: Macmillan & Co
Date Published: 1888
Keywords: FINE BINDINGS, ENGLAND, ENGLISH, POETS, VERSE
Bookseller catalogs: Craft, Poetry;

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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...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Unopened: A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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...
Recto: The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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....
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...
Fine Binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
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...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...