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Gleanings from the English Poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with Biographical Notices of the Authors
by Inglis, Robert (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good; Newspaper clipping of poem and handwritten page of verse laid in, minor wear to boards, spine lightly faded, small b
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis. Very Good; Newspaper clipping of poem and handwritten page of verse laid . in, minor wear to boards, spine lightly faded, small brown stain to lower . margins of several pages, a couple of spots of white paint on rear boards.. N.D.. Hardcover. Circa 1880s. Richly decorated red beveled cloth binding stamped in black, gilt, and in blind. Front cover pointed oval deep inset with glossy, enamel-like inset decoration of angel with lyre in navy, ivory, and gold. All edges gilt. xvi, 544 pp, index. Four steel engravings, including frontispiece. Engraved borders on each page of sixteen different landscape (and even an underwater seascape) scenes variously printed in red, green, blue, purple, and black. A clean, tight, sumptuous Victorian gift binding containing poetry by all the faves of the day: Mrs. Hemans, Thomas Hood, the Brownings, Keats, Shelley, Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, Walter Scott, Robbie Burns, Southey, Wordsworth, et al. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38915
- Title
- Gleanings from the English Poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with Biographical Notices of the Authors
- Author
- Inglis, Robert (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Very Good; Newspaper clipping of poem and handwritten page of verse laid in, minor wear to boards, spine lightly faded, small b
- Publisher
- Gall & Inglis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victorian Bindings, Victorian Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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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