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Hawthorn and Lavender; With Other Verses
by Henley, William Ernest
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine and upper portions of wrappers sunned, a bit of wear to yap edges, else fine.
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: David Nutt, 1901. First edition. Spine and upper portions of wrappers sunned, a bit of wear to yap edges, else fine.. 8vo, 112pp; original stiff parchment wrappers, stamped in gilt. One of ten numbered copies on Japan Vellum in the severely limited issue. With a nice autograph letter signed by Henley tipped to the front flyleaf concerning Edgar Allan Poe.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200656
- Title
- Hawthorn and Lavender; With Other Verses
- Author
- Henley, William Ernest
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine and upper portions of wrappers sunned, a bit of wear to yap edges, else fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- David Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
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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....
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
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