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Works of Fancy and Imagination. Complete in ten volumes.
by GEORGE MACDONALD
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Strahan & Co. Publishers, London, 1871. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first collected edition. 12mo. Original green cloth with bevelled edges, the spine and upper boards gilt lettered and decorated, with blind-stamped decorations to the rear boards. All edges gilt. The cloth lightly marked in places, with some bruising to the spine ends. A touch of light very occasional spotting. The binding of volume eight cracked and splitting at the front hinge and most gatherings quite tender as a result. The half title and title page of volume six detached and laid-in, and five further volumes exhibit some tenderness to the front hinges and one a short tear to the upper gutter. A nice bright set, somewhat marred by the aforementioned binding issues, but really very crisp internally. The first collected edition of the author's complete and vastly influential fantasy output, comprising 'Within and Without' and 'A Hidden Life' (volume one), 'Poems', 'The Gospel Women', 'A Book of Sonnets' and 'Organ Songs' (volume two), 'Violin Songs', 'Songs of the Day and Nights', 'A Book of Dreams', 'Roadside Poems' and 'Poems for Children' (volume three), 'Parables', 'Ballads' and 'Scotch Songs and Ballads' (volume four), 'Phantasies: A Fearie Romance' (volumes five and six), 'The Portent' (volume seven), 'The Light Princess', 'The Giant's Heart' and 'The Shadows' (volume eight), 'Cross Purposes', 'The Golden Key', 'The Carasoyn' and 'Little Daylight' (volume nine), and 'The Cruel Painter', 'The Castle: A Parable', 'The Wow o' Rivven', 'The Broken Swords', 'The Gray Wolf' and 'Uncle Cornelius His Story '(volume ten)..
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- Bookseller
- Clearwater Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SPE90241
- Title
- Works of Fancy and Imagination. Complete in ten volumes.
- Author
- GEORGE MACDONALD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Strahan & Co. Publishers, London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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