London: Edward Moxon, 1862. Eleventh edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. 12mo. 183pp. Contemporary green pebbled leather boards, with ruling in black along the edges of the covers, and gilt lettering and raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt and marbled endpapers. The book is an eleventh edition of Tennyson's "serio-comic blank verse narrative poem". "The poem tells the story of an heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women's university where men are forbidden to enter." Binding with rubbing to the head, tail and hinges of the spine and some corners. Sunning to spine and edges of covers. Interior with some minor water staining and smudges to the endpapers and title page, with some additional sporadically throughout. Book block tight. Front free endpapers with the sticker of previous owner (the wife of British architect George Coles). Binding in overall very good-, interior in very good condition overall.

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Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 42132
Title: The Princess, A Medley
Author: Tennyson, Alfred Lord
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - vg- to vg
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Eleventh edition
Publisher: Edward Moxon
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1862
Keywords: British poets, British poetry, British Literature, Romantic poetry, 19th century poetry,English poets, Romantic poets, Literary Romanticism, Romantic Literature, English poetry, Victorian Era,

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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...
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...
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....
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...