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The Poetical Works Of Lord Byron; Reprinted From The Original Editions, With Explanatory Notes, &c. Steel Portrait And Original Illustrations
by Lord Byron [Fore-edge Painting]
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1880. Chandos Poets Edition. Full leather. Very good. Chandos Poets edition of The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, with a fore-edge painting depicting a golfing scene.. Octavo, viii, 720pp. Full green morocco, gilt embellishments on covers. Title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. All edges gilt. Decorative gilt turn-ins. Extremities and spine rubbed, corners and spine tips lightly worn. Upper corner of front cover slightly bowed. Scratch to leather on back cover. Endpapers cracked at hinges, but binding is solid. Marginalia, primarily in the section with the poem "Don Juan." Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover, plus 12 illustrated plates. Features a fore-edge painting of two golfers and their caddies out on the course. A nice example.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13753
- Title
- The Poetical Works Of Lord Byron; Reprinted From The Original Editions, With Explanatory Notes, &c. Steel Portrait And Original Illustrations
- Author
- Lord Byron [Fore-edge Painting]
- Illustrator
- Chandos Poets edition of The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, with a fore-edge painting depicting a golfing scene.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Chandos Poets Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Lord Byron, George Gordon Byron, Don Juan Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Hebrew Melodies Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Byron, Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Corsair Lord Byron, fore-edge painting, fore edge painting,
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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,...
- Edges
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