The Poetical Works of William Cowper, with a Memoir. Three Volumes in Two (British Poets series)
by William Cowper
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No DJ
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Good+ HCs, no DJs. Half bound in natural calf leather with Spanish pattern (?) marbled paper over boards, gilt overlaid veins on covers; pseudo raised bands on spine with extra gilt stamped floral and vine designs in compartments and with gilt stamped titles on red and brown spine panels; all edges marbled in Spanish pattern; end papers match cover marbling; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait in volume 1. Bright, clean, square covers and spines; light edge rubbing - slight loss at volume 2 spine head; spine title panels have chipped off; leather remains supple; fine, short crack at volume 1 front cover/spine tail joint; tightly bound; owner bookplate on front pastedowns; light, clean interior with some age darkening at page edges. Memoir by Harris Nicolas. A very handsome set. Small 8vos, 1107 total pp (xciii, 465, 549).
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18505
- Title
- The Poetical Works of William Cowper, with a Memoir. Three Volumes in Two (British Poets series)
- Author
- William Cowper
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston/Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company/Riverside Press; no date (Ca. 1902)
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- BRITISH POETS, VERSE, POETRY, POEMS, PASTORAL, RURAL, ODES, ENGLAND, ENGLISH
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Half Bound
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
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