The Poetry of the Period
by Alfred Austin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1870. Hardcover. Good. Elegant tree-calf, leather binding of Austin's appreciation of the poetry of his peers, written in 1870 prior to becoming his becoming Poet Laureate in 1896. Contains essays on Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Algernon Swinburne and more. With raised bands, gilt decoration to spine. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. Small 8vo. (185x130mm) 294pp. Front hinge starting, with cracking to spine. Previous owner's inscription to reverse to ffep. Mild tanning to page edge. Otherwise contents clean. Front board delicate but holding. Good overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004043
- Title
- The Poetry of the Period
- Author
- Alfred Austin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- poetry, literary criticism, victorian,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....