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Lyra Hibernica Sacra
by MacIlwaine, Rev W (William); [Wilde, Oscar]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Belfast, Northern Ireland: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr , 1878. Enlarged with additional poems from newer Irish Poets. The First edition published earlier the same year. Includes 4 poems by Oscar Wilde and it the first time his works are published within a book it also contains 2 poems by his mother Lady Wilde. CONDITION Green pebble cloth bds with bevilled edges, bright gilt title and decoration, Lemon end pages, PP viii[2] 398, 2 page publishers list, engraved head pieces. Wear at spine ends, small white paint drip to spine, gutter crack to paper at eps leaving mull exposed and copy shaken else mostly bright and clean, with same dust spotting near ends.. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16546
- Title
- Lyra Hibernica Sacra
- Author
- MacIlwaine, Rev W (William); [Wilde, Oscar]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr
- Place of Publication
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Date Published
- 1878
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
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