Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy
by Thomas Hardy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London Liverpool / Boston, MA: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher / Medici Society, 1921 Book. Illus. by William Nicholson - woodcut engravings. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Illustrated Edition. Octavo. Copy 607 of 1025. 144 pp, first published as Golden Press Treasury sweries @1916. Part I: Poems Chiefly Lyrical; Part II: Poems Narrative and Reflective; Part III: War Poems and Lyrics from 'The Dynasts'; gutter shows slight separation between title verso and table of contents, else binding tight, page fore-edges a bit darkened and wavy with age, gilt top edge VG, spine cloth worn at head and tail 1/4" threads show, wear to top & bottom board forecorners - boards show at the tips, 6.6" x 9.25" with 1" hinge tan cloth bound / gray papered boards. includes Clear glassine wrapper..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005254
- Title
- Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Illustrator
- William Nicholson - woodcut engravings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- Philip Lee Warner, Publisher / Medici Society
- Place of Publication
- London Liverpool / Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- English poet and novelist Thomas Hardy
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...