Poems
by Jean Ingelow
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 7". The Brothers Dalziel. The first illustrated edition of the charming volume of poems from Jean Ingelow. Engraved by The Brother's Dalziel, and in a signed binding from H. Sotheran. The first illustrated edition of this delightful collection of poems from Jean Ingelow, who gained sudden fame in 1863 after the publication of the first edition of this work. In an attractive full morocco signed binding from H. Sotheran.With a frontispiece and numerous vignette illustrations from famed Victorian era wood engravers and illustrators George and Edward Dalziel.Featuring twenty-two poems from Ingelow, with several of these later set to music, proving popular as Victorian era domestic entertainment. In a full morocco signed binding. Light fading to back strip, with significant rubbing to front joint resulting in losses to leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the instances of spotting, most concentrated to first and last few leaves, and plate perimeters. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816F32
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Jean Ingelow
- Illustrator
- The Brothers Dalziel
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
- Size
- 9" by 7"
- Keywords
- sotheran Jean Ingelow The Story of Doom and other Poems dalziel Jean Ingelow
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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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...