THE MILTONIC SETTING: PAST AND PRESENT
by E. M. W. Tillyard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1947. Cloth . Good/No Jacket. [5' x 7 & 1/2'] 12mo. Dustjacket is missing. Salmon colored cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine, that are starting to fade, along with sunned spine. Boards are well worn at edges top & bottom, especially top & bottom of spine where there is an eighth inch of chipping/tears. The spine is starting to lean, and there is some give to binding. Top textblock edge tinted dark grey made muddy with dust staining. Corners are bending. Two different old owners of this book have written their names on front pastedown and the FFEP. There is marginal markings and side notes in pencil scattered here and there through text. [208 pages]
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 269684
- Title
- THE MILTONIC SETTING: PAST AND PRESENT
- Author
- E. M. W. Tillyard
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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About the Seller
A Cappella Books
Biblio member since 2005
Atlanta, Georgia
About A Cappella Books
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A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
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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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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