The Princess
by Tennyson, Lord Alfred
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. unpaginated. frontispiece. Dark Green pictorial boards, floral design, embossed gilt lettering. full page color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy throughout. throughout. Light corner wear, Rubbed spine has vertical reinforcement. Some soiling to the endpapers, overall a very well preserved copy."The poem tells the story of a heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women's university where men are forbidden to enter. The prince to whom she was betrothed in infancy enters the university with two friends, disguised as women students.". First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033082
- Title
- The Princess
- Author
- Tennyson, Lord Alfred
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Women Heroine Illustrated Christy
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and 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...