In Memoriam
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: George Newnes Ltd - Caxton Series, 1901. Hardcover, 1st thus, one of only 25 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. Un-numbered. Gray-brown boards with contrasting cream spine, gilt titles. Endpapers illustrated in art deco style. Numerous illustrations by Jones. Page 125, "gazing on the sullen tree" in later editions corrected to "thee sullen tree", thus indicating that this is the first state. Condition issues: The boards present both shelf and edgewear, and there are some smudges on the cream-coloured portions of the covers. One note discssing the "thee sullen tree" tipped in and glused onto the front endpaper. Interior clean and bright, sound binding. If there was a tissue guard at title page, it is no longer there. Also, there was likely a silk ribbon placemarker at one time, also no longer present. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Jones, Alfred Garth .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turtle Creek Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100926
- Title
- In Memoriam
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Illustrator
- Jones, Alfred Garth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Newnes Ltd - Caxton Series
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Art Deco
- Bookseller catalogs
- .Poetry;
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- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vellum
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- Tipped In
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