London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1914. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Wonderful combination of fine Prose with fine Paintings. Frontispiece illustrated with a Colour Plate of "The Lady of Shalott" by J. W. Waterhouse. Other Artists includeJ.M.W. Turner, John Millais, Alma-Tadema, Ford Maddox Brown, Whistler, Burne Jones & many more. 31 Plates in Colour and 32 Black & White. Red cloth cover with indented Bright Gilt Lettering, Linear Border and small Circular Decorative Motif to front. Slightly worn Gilt Lettering and Linear border to spine. Endpapers illustrated with Literary Figures.Top Page edges Gilt. 480 Pages, 9 1/2" Tall. Spine colour a bit faded. Previous owner's inscription lightly penciled on back of frontis. HInges sound & Binding firm. Pages & Plates in nice, condition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾ - 9Â¾" Tall

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Bookseller: Cornish Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 012902
Title: the Pageant of English Literature
Author: Parrott, Edward
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Near Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1914
Keywords: ART/LITERARY COLLECTIONS/LITERATURE

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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...
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
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...