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Essays in Literary Interpretation
by Hamilton Mabie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
J.M. Dent, London, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Hamilton Wright Mabie. Essays in Literary Interpretation, London: J.M. Dent, 1894. 12mo, first edition, pp. [ii], 222, red morocco boards with gilt lettering and floral decoration to spine inside 6 compartments with raised bands, French fillets to front and back, Riviere & Son gilt-stamped into a front turn-in, dark blue endpages, top edge gilt, gravure plates of Robert Browning, Dante Rossetti and John Keats, inscribed by the author on a flyleaf: "With good wishes of Hamilton W. Mabie" and dated 1905. Lit crit covering Dante, Browning, Keats and Rossetti; other essays more generalized. Condition of this book: Minor marks on covers, bit of preliminary foxing, overall near fine. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55172. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55172
- Title
- Essays in Literary Interpretation
- Author
- Hamilton Mabie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Poetry; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded Hamilton Mabie Essays in Literary Interpretation
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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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Gravure
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Inscribed
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- 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...
- 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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