1884: William P. Nimmo & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Xxxvii, 440 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt and black decoration. All edges gilt. Front endpaper and frontis are missing. Front hinge cracked. 1/4" missing to head of spine. ; 12mo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000199
Title: The Poetical Works of John Milton
Author: Milton, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: William P. Nimmo & Co.
Place of Publication: 1884
Keywords: Milton Poetry

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. 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....
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...