Poems
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
London, Chatto & Windus, 1907., 1907. First edition thus ("Fine Paper Edition"). Small 8vo. Title page in red and black. 205 pages. Original gilt stamped half orange vellum over mauve cloth by Hatchards, gilt stamped black morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Very good. Includes: Underwoods, Ballads, Songs of Travel. Bookplate of Gwenllian Northbourne.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6775
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Chatto & Windus, 1907.
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
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About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine Label
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- 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. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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