The Poems of William Blake.
by William Blake, edited by John Sampson:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1921. First edition thus (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 16cm), xxxviii, 344pp. Original white vellum, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. There is some bowing of the boards, and a gift inscription to the front pastedown; overall, this book is in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73082
- Title
- The Poems of William Blake.
- Author
- William Blake, edited by John Sampson:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chatto & Windus, 1921.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...