Idylls of the King Volume 5, Leather Bound - 1896 The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson -The Peoples Edition.
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/GD/ND
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LEATHERBOUND VOLUME in ?THE PEOPLE?S EDITION?, "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1896* Publisher: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Deep red leather, embossed gilt title to spine and gilt design to front ?A.T. & sprig of leaves?. Corners, edges, spine and spine ends have some rubbing. Small split at head without loss. Otherwise GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Small Bombay booksellers label to front paste-down. Offsetting to end papers and previous owners name to ffep, clean, crisp and tight with some reading wear, no marks to text, top edge gilt, slight marks to other edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 67 pp. text.* Description: The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Idylls of The King Vol. V containing Pelleas and Ettarre with The Last Tournament. Pelleas is a young knight recently joined the round table and he meets Ettarre on the road and is smitten with her. She tricks him into the tourney for her favour but when he wins she spurns every advance that he makes. Pelleas is usurped by Gawain under pretence of assisting him and he rides off into the woods where Percivale tends and enlightens him as to the failure of the knightly code in Arthurs?s court. Everything is not sweetness and light in Camelot. Betrayal, corruption and decay rule. Whilst Arthur is ?up North? subduing the Red Knight, Little Dragonet, the King?s fool, meets with Sir Tristram who has won the ?Tournament of Dead Innocence,? and discusses the decline of morality amongst the Knights. Volumes 2,3 and 4 also listed!* A NEAR VG copy with some cover faults. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5801
- Title
- Idylls of the King Volume 5, Leather Bound - 1896 The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson -The Peoples Edition.
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/GD/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan And Co Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London UK 67
- Date Published
- 1896-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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