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Personal Poems
by R L Megroz
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews, 1919. First edition. Paperback. Very Good/Good. 7" by 4" . None . A scarce first edition of this anthology of personal poems by R L Megroz, in the original publisher's stiff cardboards, and complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. Rodolphe Louis Megroz was a prolific English author, critic, and poet. The present copy comprises the first anthology of poems by this author, dedicated to his mother. Containing a sonnet sequence dedicated to love, nature, science and religion, odes to love, life, and the River Thame, and miscellaneous sonnets. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy in the original publisher's stiff card boards, complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. No half title as called for. With errata slip bound in to the rear. In the original publisher's stiff cardboard binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and a minor cockling to the boards, due to possible damp affecting through to the leaves slightly. The dust wrapper is rather worn, with general light soiling, some chipping to the head of the spine and a minor loss to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 799A16
- Title
- Personal Poems
- Author
- R L Megroz
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 7" by 4"
- Keywords
- rl megroz scarce books poetry scarce books
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.