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Interludes in Verse and Prose
by George Otto Trevelyan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None. A anthology of passages, in verse and prose, edited by Sir George Otto Trevelyan. In an attractive institutional binding, signed by Cross Wyvern. With a prize bookplate to the front pastedown presented to a G. P. Clarke. Edited by Sir George Otto Trevelyan, the British statesman and author. Elected MP for Tynemouth and North Shields in 1865, Trevelyan held numerous political positions throughout his career, including Civil Lord of Admiralty and Secretary of Scotland, remaining in politics until his resignation in 1897. Rebound in an institutional full crushed morocco binding. Externally, smart. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown and binder's stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with only some light foxing to the first and last leaves. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LTH28-D-14
- Title
- Interludes in Verse and Prose
- Author
- George Otto Trevelyan
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- Rebound Bookplate Cross Wyvern Sir George Otto Trevelyan Bookplate Poetry
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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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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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
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