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New Verse, Written in 1921.
by Bridges, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925 Hard cover 12mo, in vellum. with border in blind, and crest and titles blocked in gold. Limited Edition: numbered 40/106 copies, Signed in ink by Author on Limitation page. front with the Clarendon (Oxford University) 88 pp. plus Notes. Appearing on the spine in gilt: NEW/VERSE/R.B. Frontispiece has a tissue- guarded, tipped-in, portrait of the poet. Colophon on verso of Title page: "Printed in England/ at the Oxford University Press/ by John Johnson/ Printer to the University." First edition. Features handmade paper with the watermark T H Saunders. **Condition: Very Good. Dusty top edge. Many pages uncut. Lacking dust jacket. Light soiling to edges of boards including one stain to upper left of front board. One scratch to fore edge of front board. Clean and bright pages.**This collection of verses by the British Poet Laureate was penned during his ultimate decade of life, while he was in his nineties. . Signed by Author on Limitation Page. Signed Limited Edition, No. 40/106 . Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8020
- Title
- New Verse, Written in 1921.
- Author
- Bridges, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Signed Limited Edition, No. 40/106
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1925
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Colophon
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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