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The Works of Matthew Arnold
by Matthew Arnold
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€2,695.95€2,426.36
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. , 1903. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6". None . A stunning complete set of the limited edition de Luxe of the collected works of Matthew Arnold in uniform Bumpus signed bindings. Complete in fifteen volumes. Edition de Luxe, limited to 775 sets printed in clean type on ribbed paper. A beautiful example of this work elegantly bound in sumptuous half crushed morocco signed by Bumpus binders of Oxford known for handsome bindings in classical style. From the library of Lionel Phillips, with his engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown, featuring motto 'Veritas Vincet.' Sir Lionel Phillips was a British-born South African financier, mining magnate and politician. Featuring the collected works of Matthew Arnold, Victorian poet and cultural critic known for his work educating readers on contemporary social issues. The present set is comprised of his poems, essays in criticism, studies of Celtic literature, essays on culture and anarchy, dogma, God and the Bible, St Paul and Protestantism, further mixed essays, and his letters. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait to vol. I. Collated, complete. With half titles. Titles in red and black. Rebound in half crushed levant morocco over cloth covered boards, with gilt to top edges. Gilt panelled spine with centre tool. Renewed plain endpapers. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Light offsetting to endpaper. Minor spotting to fore and top edge, affecting top margin and occasional leaf particularly to first and last. Pages otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 869A25
- Title
- The Works of Matthew Arnold
- Author
- Matthew Arnold
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- matthew arnold limited editions bumpus bindings limited editions
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Edges
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
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