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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life [First Edition in Rare Dust Jacket]
by Marillier, H. C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First edition in the rare dust jacket. Binding and dust jacket designed by Laurence Housman. xxiii, 270pp. Numerous plates and illustrations including tissue-guarded photogravures. Buff paper jacket with Housman's design in dark blue to front and spine. General wear and soiling to jacket including offsetting from cloth binding, tanning to spine and top edges, chips to edges and corners, short tears to flap joints and across middle of spine, small hole to front, and losses to spine tips which were previously reinforced with tape. Binding of dark blue cloth with matching Housman design in gilt to upper board and spine: generally clean and bright with some wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Light age-toning to paper. Light spotting to endpapers. Contents clean. Gutter cracked in several places and two plates detached but present. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Heavy/oversize. U.K. postage at default charge but overseas buyers may be asked for extra. Enquiries welcome. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005917
- Title
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life [First Edition in Rare Dust Jacket]
- Author
- Marillier, H. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression First Printing
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- Antiquarian & Fine Bindings; Art; Poetry
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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