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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER IN SEVEN PARTS
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
- Used
- Condition
- Wear to spine extremes and corners, slight spine lean, signatures on flyleaf, contents generally clean, VG
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: George Harrap, 1910. First trade edition in the scarce deluxe binding. Wear to spine extremes and corners, slight spine lean, signatures on flyleaf, contents generally clean, VG. First trade edition in the scarce deluxe binding. Large unpaged quarto. Illustrated by Willy Pogany with 20 tipped-in color plates, also with full-page plates in black and white and in single colors, many drawings within the text which is printed in calligraphic style with subtle background designs, and each page with large illustrated borders, the title page with red and black title within an overall design in vibrant colors. In the publisher's binding of medium green cloth over beveled boards, the spine and cover with stylized gilt titles, the upper cover set with vignettes of a kneeling man and a sailing ship with embossed colors of green, mauve and yellow, t.e.g., illustrated endpapers. Generally considered Pogany's masterpiece.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23885
- Title
- THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER IN SEVEN PARTS
- Author
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
- Book Condition
- Used - Wear to spine extremes and corners, slight spine lean, signatures on flyleaf, contents generally clean, VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First trade edition in the scarce deluxe binding
- Publisher
- George Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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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