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The Last Ride Togther
by Robert Browning
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press (1906), New York, 1906. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Coburn, Frederick Simpson (illustrations); Armstrong, Margaret (binding, endpapers, and title page) (illustrator). "The Last Ride Together" was printed in several versions, this printed on Japanese vellum paper in the Blue green cloth, the flowers simply embossed. Beveled boards bound in cloth, decoration in blind-stamping and gilt on both front and spine, lettering on front and spine in gilt, all edges gilt, end papers of gray with red decoration by Margaret Armstrong (unsigned), frontispiece and five other illustrations by Frederick Simpson Coburn, each with a lettered tissue guard, title page in brown upon a green decorative background by Margaret Armstrong (unsigned), printed on Japan vellum with each page printed on the recto only, separately hinged, and each page having both a small illustration at the top most in two colours, as well as a hand-coloured decorative border, final page is a vignette of the lovers kissing, each astride their horse, "The End" on ribbon banner beneath; unpaginated with 24 leaves. straight corners with a minimum of rubbing,Rubbing on the top and bottom of spine and on edge of spine. The interior is clean and bright, Pages are clean and unmarked, Prior owner signature neatly in pencil inside front cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The FW Collections
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- P31
- Title
- The Last Ride Togther
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Illustrator
- Frederick Simpson Coburn
- Format/Binding
- Blue with white and gilt embossing, gold lettering on spine, page edges gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- GP Putnman's Sons, (knickerbocker)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 5.5x7.75
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- rare books; Poetry; ABAA-50;
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The FW Collections
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About The FW Collections
The FW Collections include a wide range of Vintage and Newer Books, Maps, Posters, Poetry, Magazines, Prints, Fine Art, Ephemera, Photographs, Paper from 50 years of collecting. Favorite topics: vintage midwest, visual arts, farming, politics, governance, cultural variations, WWII, and history, family life and vintage children's Books
Glossary
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- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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