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One Hundred and Eleven Poems
by Herrick, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued)
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[Chiswick]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. 127pp, [1], original quarter vellum and cloth, title in gilt to spine, with a cockerel gilt device to upper cover, t.e.g. Spine very slightly browned, very slightly rubbed to extremities. Internally bright and clean. In the original cloth slipcase, which is rubbed, especially to extremities. Limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 285. Cock-A-Hoop 199. First Thus. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued). Illus. by Flint, W. Russell. 4to. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000075
- Title
- One Hundred and Eleven Poems
- Author
- Herrick, Robert
- Illustrator
- Flint, W. Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as Issued)
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- [Chiswick]
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Illustrated, Herrick, Poetry
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
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