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The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb
by Lamb, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1858. Title page dated 1858. Lovely presentation of Lamb's poetry in red blind stamped cloth over beveled boards, decorative lettering in gilt, all edges gilt, engraved title and frontis, additional engraved plates. Very gooe diwh tmodest rubbing to the extremites, good hinges, firm text block, a touch of occasional foxing. plates have offset mirror images on the tissue protectors, pages otherwise clean, gift notation on front free endpaper in pencil, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047171
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb
- Author
- Lamb, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- E. H. Butler & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1858
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- POETRY ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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