London, United Kingdom: Frederick Warne & Co., 1865. 1st. Hardcover. Reading Copy. Birket Foster, J. Wolf, and John Gilbert. Blue embossed and beveled boards with gilt graphics and page edges. FIRST EDITION. The spine is missing as well as the front and rear end papers. The text is entire. There is foxing throughout. 100 fine woodcut illustrations. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. 380 pages.

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Bookseller: Olmstead Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7774
Title: Poems of James Montgomery
Author: Willmott, Robert Aris (Selected and Edited by)
Illustrator: Birket Foster, J. Wolf, and John Gilbert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Reading Copy
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1865
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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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....
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