The Complete Works of C. S. Calverley
by Charles Stuart Calverley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Bell & Sons, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. The collected works of Calverley with a biographical notice by Walter Joseph Sendall, his contemporary at Cambridge. Contains the popular poems Beer and an Ode to Tobacco. Splendid half leather binding done by Hatchards. With gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. 8vo. Some light sunning to spine and toning to covers. Very mild foxing to fore-edge. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006181
- Title
- The Complete Works of C. S. Calverley
- Author
- Charles Stuart Calverley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Bell & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- leather_binding, poetry, poems, verse, university, oxford cambridge
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.