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Maud. A Monodrama.
by KELMSCOTT PRESS: TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord
- Used
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press,, 1893. From the library at Keir House First Kelmscott edition, one of 500 paper copies, bound in contemporary morocco to the house style of collector Sir William Stirling Maxwell, 9th Baronet (1818-1878), with the Stirling clan crest badge gilt-stamped to the covers. Housed at his estates in Glasgow and Perthshire, Stirling's collection included mostly Spanish art (he was the first British collector of El Greco and Goya), works by William Blake, and illustrated books, including "the largest collection of emblem books ever amassed", now held in the Glasgow University Library. "The books were beautifully bound and embossed with Stirling's armorial devices, and he himself designed the ex libris slips which incorporated his mottoes, Gang Forward and Poco a Poco" (ODNB). His family continued to add to his collection in the years after his death, until its eventual dispersal in 1958. This copy is in the second state, with the four cancellan leaves (pp. 15/16, 19/20, 25/26, and 69/70), which were printed after the discovery of several typographical errors two months after publication. Octavo (210 x 142 mm). Contemporary blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt, interlaced cartouche with Clan Stirling motto ("Gang Forward") to covers in gilt, board edges and turn-ins gilt, pale blue endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Engraved title page, initials, and borders. Stanza numbers printed in red. Spine slightly darkened, covers a little marked, outer leaves lightly foxed. A very good copy. Peterson A17.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 171313
- Title
- Maud. A Monodrama.
- Author
- KELMSCOTT PRESS: TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press,
- Date Published
- 1893
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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...
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