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Gems of National Poetry. Compiled and Edited by Mrs. Valentine. The “Albion” Edition.
by VALENTINE, MRS.(Ed):
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & New York, Frederick Warne & Co., ca1905. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Full tree calf leather fine binding by “Riviere & Sons.” With decorative gilt edging to boards, Raised banding, gilt decorations and maroon leather spine label lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers and full gilt page edges. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Else lovely clean smart binding. Some mild foxing to blank sides of endpapers and prelims. Neat inscription to front “Vera Morgan, from Mother, Sept 3rd. 1905.” Binders stamp to opposite corner. Some mild foxing to frontis plate, one or two occasional spots to pages else pages clean and tight. Else a lovely finely bound copy. xiv + 533pp. With a B&W engraved frontis portrait of Sir Walter Scott. A Large collection of poetry from many Authors, including Addison, Browning, Burns, Byron, Coleridge, Cowper, Dryden, ... Swift, Tennyson and Wordsworth.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Title
- Gems of National Poetry. Compiled and Edited by Mrs. Valentine. The “Albion” Edition.
- Author
- VALENTINE, MRS.(Ed):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London & New York, Frederick Warne & Co., ca1905
- Keywords
- POETRY Poetry Leather Binding Fine Binding Tree Calf
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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