HOMES AND HAUNTS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON, POET LAUREATE
by Napier, George G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1892. 204 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding soiled; spine darkened. Covers slightly cocked. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's small bookplate on front blank endpaper. Rear inner hinge starting at page 200. One of 300 copies. Illust. w/ full-page plates, and engravings in the text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24043LITP
- Title
- HOMES AND HAUNTS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON, POET LAUREATE
- Author
- Napier, George G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Maclehose & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- LITERATURE POETRY ENGLISH POETS BIOGRAPHY TENNYSON LORD ALFRED 1809 1892 1ST FIRST BARON POET LAUREATE HOMES HAUNTS LITERARY LANDMARKS DWELLINGS SOMERSBY CHURCH BAG-ENDERBY GRASBY BAYONS MANOR GRANGE AND THE MILL BURLEIGH HOUSE FARRINGFORD ALDWORTH ENGLAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Literature/Poetry;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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