Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1909. First edition thus. Fine. Two volumes, 4tos, full vellum gilt, t.e.g. A splendid edition, limited to 350 copies, printed by John Clay on handmade paper, with impressive heavy vellum boards decorated in gilt with an large ornamental device of grapevines. According to the colophon, only 300 numbered copies from the entire edition were for sale in England and the U.S. This copy is unnumbered. While we are aware that at least some of the numbered copies were bound in cloth rather than, as here, in vellum, we do not know whether the vellum was reserved for the hors commerce copies. Scarce.

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Bookseller: Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 202086
Title: The Fairie Queene
Author: Spenser, Edmund
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition thus
Publisher: [Cambridge] University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 1909
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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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...
Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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