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Poems
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
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Monterey, California, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed by Turnbull and Spears for Otto Schulze & Co, 1903. Limited Edition No. 20 of 40 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Square 8vo. [v], 289, [1] pp. Title-page printed in red and black with woodcut border, numerous 6-line woodcut capitals. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf (with their exhibition blind stamp on rear silk pastedown) in full contemporary tan morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettering and geometric designs in compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, silk endpapers, gilt dentelle turn ins. The date "1893" is inexplicably gilt-stamped on lower spine. Light wear to extremities and minor rubbing along joints; else a fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Carpe Diem Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22118
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition No. 20 of 40 copies printed on Japanese vellum
- Publisher
- Printed by Turnbull and Spears for Otto Schulze & Co
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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. ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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....
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