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TIMBUCTOO. A POEM, WHICH OBTAINED THE CHANCELLOR'S MEDAL AT THE CAMBRIDGE COMMENCEMENT
by TENNYSON, A.(lfred Lord)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Cantabrigiae (Cambridge): Typis Academicis Wxcudit Joannes Smith, 1829. Marbled boards and endpapers. Panelled spine with gilt letters. Joints and raised bands are rubbed, binding is quite firm. Small owner's name on tag at top of front pastedown. The poem is included in "Prolusiones Academicae Praemis Annuis Dignatae et In Curia Cantibrigiensi recitatae comitiis Maximis". The first publication of Tennyson's second published work, the FIRST under his own name. Accredited to A. Tennyson, of Trinity College. The poem is printed on nine pages, with the preferred ":cones" on p.10. Other poems by C.R. Kennedy in Greek and by Charles Merivale. 41pp. in all. See CBEL lll, pp. 253-255.. First Edition. 1/2 Emerald Morooco. Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013940
- Title
- TIMBUCTOO. A POEM, WHICH OBTAINED THE CHANCELLOR'S MEDAL AT THE CAMBRIDGE COMMENCEMENT
- Author
- TENNYSON, A.(lfred Lord)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate Corner and Edge Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Typis Academicis Wxcudit Joannes Smith
- Place of Publication
- Cantabrigiae (Cambridge)
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- Thin Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Tennyson, First Appearance, Poetry, English Poetry
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- California Virtual Fair 2021;
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- 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...
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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