FIFINE AT THE FAIR
by Robert Browning
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 1/2 x 7 in. xii, 171 pgs. Dark brown cloth boards with black border on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Beveled edges. Half title pg is present, making it a true first. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and ends of spine worn, covers very clean, some rubbing along gutters, binding tight, text very clean - not all pgs are cut. Poetry. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4894
- Title
- FIFINE AT THE FAIR
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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