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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, with a Memoir. Seven Volumes in Three (British Poets series)
by William Wordsworth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Very 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 1st volume. Bright, clean, square covers and spines; very slight edge rubbing with boards just exposed at two cover fore corners; faintly cracked at front cover/spine head joint of volume 1; tiny piece of spine title panel on volume 1 chipped off - all titles still present; some scratching on spine panels; leather remains supple; tightly bound; owner bookplate on each front pastedown; light, clean interiors with some age darkening at page edges. A very handsome set. Small 8vo, 2,690 total pp (xl, 384, 406, 342, 367, 366, 371, 414); includes indexes.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18503
- Title
- The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, with a Memoir. Seven Volumes in Three (British Poets series)
- Author
- William Wordsworth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very 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, LAKE DISTRICT, 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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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- Half Bound
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Cracked
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- Marbled Paper
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- Edges
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- Calf
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