Home Affections Pourtrayed By the Poets
by Mackay, Charles (editor)
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- Signed
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- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1873. Original full blue crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt decorative compartments, gilt title on spine and front board, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. (9" x 6 1/2"). SIGNED BINDING by Ramage, London. 454 pages; illustrated with one hundred engravings, drawn by eminent artists, and engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Showing some light general wear, scattered foxing to prelims else clean, bright and tight Size: Octavo. Leather.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004521
- Title
- Home Affections Pourtrayed By the Poets
- Author
- Mackay, Charles (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- POETRY; FINE BINDING; RAMAGE BINDERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....