The Testament of Beauty
by Robert Bridges
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. By Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate. This Limited Edition of 250 copies is printed by William Rudge on Vidalon paper in Estienne type. Each book was bound and boxed in Douglas Cockerel hand dipped marble paper boards. $25 listed price. With the 'Publisher's Note on the Text" inserted.
Miss Harriet Monroe, Editor of Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, said of this book: "I must congratulate the Oxford University Press and everyone concerned upon the superb typography and make-up of this book comma, which is a masterpiece of the printer's art ... it is admirable beyond praise."
The American Institute of Graphic Arts selected it as one of the Fifty Best Books of the Year.
Browning of the dust jacket along strip at the top. Chip at the base of the DJ. Short tear to DJ at top rear hinge. Other light wear to the DJ extremities. Some browning/offsetting to rear pastedown.
Miss Harriet Monroe, Editor of Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, said of this book: "I must congratulate the Oxford University Press and everyone concerned upon the superb typography and make-up of this book comma, which is a masterpiece of the printer's art ... it is admirable beyond praise."
The American Institute of Graphic Arts selected it as one of the Fifty Best Books of the Year.
Browning of the dust jacket along strip at the top. Chip at the base of the DJ. Short tear to DJ at top rear hinge. Other light wear to the DJ extremities. Some browning/offsetting to rear pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- EGR books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3396
- Title
- The Testament of Beauty
- Author
- Robert Bridges
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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