THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE (Fine Victorian Binding)
by Alexander Pope
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons. Good+. c. 1890. Hardcover. ; Fine Victorian binding. Royal blue color cloth cover with elaborate gilt and black stamped decor on spine and front cover has wear to corners and spine caps and it appears at the extremities where there was some color loss that previous owner used a colored marker or paint that doesn't quite match the cloth but clean, bright, and overall in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gilt page edges all the way around. Red borders on each page. Pages are lightly toned with very modest sparse thumbing but in very good condition. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15275
- Title
- THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE (Fine Victorian Binding)
- Author
- Alexander Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c. 1890
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...