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The Complete Poetical Works Of Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good ++/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Oxford, 1952. Reprint . Full-Leather. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Printed 1952. Edited By Thomas Hutchinson. Published In Oxford By Geoffrey Cumberlege At The Oxford University Press. Fine Leather Binding. The book is bound in fine grained green Morocco leather. The titles are tooled in gilt on the spine. The spine has 5 raised bands with 6 gilt ruled panels. The boards each have one gilt ruled line along the edges, the top and bottom corner edges are tooled with gilt parallel lined decoration.The inside of the boards each have one gilt ruled line with the binders signature in gilt to the bottom of the front paste down. All page edges are coated with very fine gold leaf and it has fine marbled end papers. The text is printed on India paper. The book measures 8¾" x 5¾" and it has xxiii + 918 pages.The condition is very good++ with the binding square and firm. Spine a little darkened. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16379
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022254
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works Of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lasting Words Ltd
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About the Seller
Lasting Words Ltd
Biblio member since 2019
Northampton, Northamptonshire
About Lasting Words Ltd
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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