The Poetical Works Of Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate
by Alfred Tennyson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1870. No edition stated. 250 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound green leather with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Heavier tanning and foxing to some pages. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is dulled. Small splits to joints with heavier rubbing to head and tail of spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1713457459CAB
- Title
- The Poetical Works Of Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate
- Author
- Alfred Tennyson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1870
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Half Bound
- ...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....