Poems and Letters
por Thomas Gray
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- Condição
- Collectible; Very Good
- Livreiro
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: The Chiswick Press, 1863. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the1863 1st Chiswick Press edition. Bound (and signed) in full brown morocco by Riviere. Gilt-ruled and designed panels, bright gilt-decorated compartments, raised bands. Very light fraying and just a touch of chipping along spine. A solid VG to VG+ copy. Still tightly bound and firm. Thick quarto, 415 pgs., all edges gilt. 3 oval albumen photographic prints, the extra "Eton prize book" leaf bound-in, mounted albumen frontis portrait. Elegant mid-19th century edition of Thomas Gray's poems and letters.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 2402
- Título
- Poems and Letters
- Autor
- Thomas Gray
- Formato/Encadernação
- Full-Leather
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Collectible; Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- The Chiswick Press
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1863
- Palavras-chave
- Riviere binding, Signed bindings, Thoms Gray
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Appledore Books, ABAA
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
Waccabuc, New York
Sobre Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
