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3 Volumes of Poetry in Matching Decorative Cloth Bindings: The Poems of Richard Lovelace; The Poetical Works of Robert Browning 1833-1858 Vol. I; An Anthology of Humorous Verse edited by Theodore A. Cook [Hutchinson's Popular Classics]
by Browning, Robert; Lovelace, Richard; Cook, Theodore A
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co. , 1906. First Edition Thus, First Impression . Cloth. Very Good Minus. Matching cloth bindings (two red, one blue) with titling and highly decorative fleur-de-lys pattern in gilt to spines. Pretty publisher's device in gilt to upper boards. General light wear and marking to bindings, and slight fading to red cloth on spines. Light age-toning and spotting to page edges. Contents mostly clean with light foxing or other marking to just a few pages. All three volumes published as part of the Hutchinson's Popular Classics series, and all dated 1906. Lovelace has portrait frontispiece of the author; Browning has p.f. of Paracelsus, and Humorous Verse has p.f. of Thomas Hood. A pretty set that would adorn any bookshelf. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006024
- Title
- 3 Volumes of Poetry in Matching Decorative Cloth Bindings: The Poems of Richard Lovelace; The Poetical Works of Robert Browning 1833-1858 Vol. I; An Anthology of Humorous Verse edited by Theodore A. Cook [Hutchinson's Popular Classics]
- Author
- Browning, Robert; Lovelace, Richard; Cook, Theodore A
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, First Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Poetry; Fine & Decorative Bindings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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