THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
by SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Close to Fine and beautifully bound
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1923. Reprint. Hardcover. Close to Fine and beautifully bound. Octavo (4-5/8" x 7") bound by Donnelly in full bright brown morocco with gilt-ruled borders, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt; xxiv, 912 pages. Edited with a preface by Thomas Hutchinson and including two prefaces by Mary Shelley and an index to first lines. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poet.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016217
- Title
- THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
- Author
- SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Close to Fine and beautifully bound
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Percy Shelley, Fine Bindings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Binding; Fine Bindings; Romantic Poetry; Gift Ideas;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (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...
- Spine
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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.
- 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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