THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON
by MILTON, John; illustrated by HYDE, William:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Guildford: The Astolat Press. 1904. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Signed limited edition. Publisher's original white buckram with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 15 etchings, mezzotints and copper engravings by William Hyde. Decorative chapter headings and initials. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a bump to the top corner of the upper board and mild toning to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without foxing or previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist William Hyde and inscribed 'no 34' in blue ink on the blank front endpaper. One of an unspecified number of signed deluxe, large paper editions, printed on Japanese vellum. A beautiful illustrated edition of Milton's Poems, including Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, taken from the Oxford text edited by Henry Charles Beeching. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25123
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON
- Author
- MILTON, John; illustrated by HYDE, William:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition with these illustrations
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Guildford: The Astolat Press. 1904
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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. ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...