Comus
by Milton, John (Arthur Rackham illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nice copy
- Seller
-
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Heinemann, (1921). 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. pictorial boards 76pp., col. pls., text illusts., 24 fine colour plates by Arthur Rackham. All plates are excellent, all retaining their captioned tissue-guards. Dark green boards with gilt decoration on upper board & spine. Nice ownerÕs bookplate on front paste-down. Some ghosting of plates & mounts in text o/w a nice bright, tight, square copy of the first trade edition (nd. but Latimore & Haskell state this as first edition). PHOTO available
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137364
- Title
- Comus
- Author
- Milton, John (Arthur Rackham illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1921)
- Size
- large octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andrew Barnes Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
MELBOURNE, Victoria
About Andrew Barnes Booksellers
We are a general, Internet only bookseller with 25 years experience, specialising in Military & Russian material. We have operated on-line for 9 years
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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