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THE TENBURY LETTERS
by EDMUND H. FELLOWS & EDWARD PINE (Selected & Editied By)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, 1942 Red Cloth Buckram Boards with gilt titles to spine and blocked press Cockerel to front. Top edge gilt others uncut, 224 pp + 7 facsimile letters as called for. No 159 of the Limited edition of 300 published by the Golden Cockerel Press. Selection of 142 letters from the collection of approx 250 formed by Mary James Ouseley and her brother Sir Frederick Ouseley founder of St Michael's College, Tenbury where held. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth, preliminary blank pasted to front paste down by a previous owner seemingly to obscure an ink gift insc. which is just visible when held up to the light. No other notable defects).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130089
- Title
- THE TENBURY LETTERS
- Author
- EDMUND H. FELLOWS & EDWARD PINE (Selected & Editied By)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- The Tenbury Letters, Edmund H Fellows, Edward Pine, Golden Cockerel Press, Private Press Books, St Michael's College Tenbury, Sir Frederick Ouseley,
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Facsimile
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- Cloth
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
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