THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON
by Milton, John
- Used
- Condition
- Vol. 1 with hinge cracking, but sound, the set with chipping to spine crowns and one foot
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Boston: R.H. Hinkley Company. Limited to 550 copies printed on hand-made paper printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press (this no. 21), 1908. Vol. 1 with hinge cracking, but sound, the set with chipping to spine crowns and one foot. Four volumes. Illustrated with title-page design, borders, head- and tailpieces, and colophon decorations by W.A. Dwiggins printed in red. The 16 illustrations were adapted from Flaxman. Bound in full pigskin heavily embossed with decorative designs on spines and covers, t.e.g. Smith. Notes on the Merrymount Press, no. 319.
Agner. The Books of WAD, no. 08.01.
Agner. The Books of WAD, no. 08.01.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23363
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON
- Author
- Milton, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Vol. 1 with hinge cracking, but sound, the set with chipping to spine crowns and one foot
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R.H. Hinkley Company. Limited to 550 copies printed on hand-made paper printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press (this no.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1908
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- FINE BINDINGS; PRIVATE PRESSES;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...