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The Homes of Tennyson
by Arthur Paterson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Helen Allingham. A bright first edition of this book dedicated to the topographical areas in and around Tennyson's homes, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nineteen colour plates. Collated complete. Concerned with Tennyson's homes at Farringford and Aldworth, and the areas surrounding them. Written by Arthur Paterson, an English writer. Illustrated by Helen Allingham, a British watercolourist and illustrator of the Victorian era. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot and light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 888T14
- Title
- The Homes of Tennyson
- Author
- Arthur Paterson
- Illustrator
- Helen Allingham
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Homes Tennyson Paterson Allingham Tennyson
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...