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SELECTED POEMS. The Golden Treasury series
by ARNOLD. MATTHEW
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co, Limited. London. 1902. Reprint. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.2 inches). Neatly hand written in ink on the last six blank leaves at the end of the book, is all of Arnold's poem, The buried life, otherwise a fine and clean copy throughout. Finely bound by Riviere in early full blue calf. The spine with five raised bands, each with five gilt dots. Compartments with gilt floral decoration, wavy line borders and lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled line to board edges. Marbled endpapers. Turn ins with double ruled and single piped dot borders and floral corner pieces, all in gilt. All edges gilt. Just a hint of fading to the spine but overall a fine copy in a fine, attractive early twentieth century leather binding.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9871
- Title
- SELECTED POEMS. The Golden Treasury series
- Author
- ARNOLD. MATTHEW
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co, Limited. London. 1902
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
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