London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1902. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) . First Thus. Printed by Chiswick Press. Large 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and paper title label. One of 315 (of which 300 were for sale) copies. Printed on fine, hand-made, W M and floral watermarked paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iii], 238, [iv] pp. Part of a William Morris series comprising eight large quarto books printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by Morris for his Kelmscott Press, 1901–1902. Chapter headings and shoulder notes in red.Finished on the twenty-fourth day of February, 1902. Spare label tipped in. The paper-covered boards show mild wear to the corners and bottom edges. Very mild toning and dust soiling to page edges. Spine lightly and uniformly faded from blue to brown-grey, showing next to no wear and not unpleasing in appearance. Square and solidly bound. Free from the usual spotting and foxing of a book this age. Offsetting to endpapers, still a very nice copy with internal pages pristine, clean, white, and crisp. Previous owner, author Richard. E Combs, penned his name on the front and rear pastedowns. All in all, the book is attractive and very well-preserved. A very handsome copy. Condition overall: Very Good+.

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Librería: MRM Books (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: 1033
Título: The Works (of William Morris): The Aeneids of Virgil
Autor: Morris, William (1834–1896); Virgil
Formato/Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Estado del libro: Usado - Very Good+
Cantidad disponible: 1
Edición: Limited First Edition
Editorial: Longmans, Green & Co
Lugar de publicación: London
Fecha de publicación: 1902
Tamaño: 11 5/8" × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm
Palabras clave: William Morris, Virgil, Aeneid, Aeneas, Trojan, Chiswick Press, Kelmscott Press, classics
Catálogos del vendedor: Fine Press;

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Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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....
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...
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...
Colophon: The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Tipped In: Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.