Click for full-size.
Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society
by Browning, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Smith, Elder and Company, 1871. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (tall). Slight rubbing to extremities; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges and preliminaries). [4], 148 pages. Supposed musings of the German prince, in free verse format. Bound in modern 3/4 tan polished calf over green marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands, covers decorated in blind, new plain endpapers.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L057730
- Title
- Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society
- Author
- Browning, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Company
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Browning, Robert English Literature 19th Century English Poetry Binding QX91, , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Using and Collecting Bookmarks
Bern Marcowitz warns against paperclips and other inappropriate page-savers, and offers a bit of advice on using and collecting bookmarks.
How to identify a rare book
There are several important points to keep in mind when trying to determine if a book can be considered "rare". Read here to learn more.Learn how to determine if a book is rare
