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Poems from Wordsworth
by [Vale Press]. WORDSWORTH, William
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1902. Very Good. London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], [1902] (first thus). Demy octavo, [ii], clxxxiii, [ii] (blank and colophon) pages with 6 wood-engraved illustrations. White buckram lettered in gilt on the spine, all edges uncut; covers sunned on the spine and a little foxed; endpapers lightly browned; top edge foxed, with minimal light foxing elsewhere; a very good copy. One of only 310 copies of this elegant edition from the Vale Press. The colophon states: 'Chosen and edited by T. Sturge Moore & illustrated by woodcuts designed & engraved by T.S. Moore. Printed at the Ballantyne Press under the supervision of Charles Ricketts'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123982
- Title
- Poems from Wordsworth
- Author
- [Vale Press]. WORDSWORTH, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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