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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler
by Butler, Samuel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1835. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 12mo. [5], vi-l, [1], 2-275, [3]; [5], vi, [1], 2-297, [3] pp. Half brown later brown polished calf over marbled paper boards with the spines in six compartments, gilt decorations and a red and a brown morocco label lettered in gilt on each spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Butler. Part of the Aldine poets series with the Aldine device on each title page, an homage to the early printer Aldus Manutius. Kelly 1835.2. Keynes 48. Edited by J. Mitford. A tiny hole in the front board of volume one, light rubbing to the spines and a small tear to the margin to one leaf in volume one.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013470
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler
- Author
- Butler, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
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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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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