Author: GARDNER, HELEN (COMPILER AND EDITOR)
Title: The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950 (Deluxe Leatherbound Edition in Slipcase)
Description: New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973. Leather. ISBN: 1560253010. Stated second printing, 1973. An entirely new edition of the famous treasury of poetry by some of the leading names in English-language verse, originally compiled and edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in 1900. Poems in this new 1972 collection were chosen and edited by Helen Gardner, who supplies footnotes for archaic words and a preface. With index of first lines at rear of volume. --- In full deluxe navy leather-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on spine and with gilt decorations to cover & spine; navy endpapers & sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. AEG (all edges gilt). Volume protected in navy leather-look paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with slight scratches to textblock edge gilding. Slipcase with scuffing and rubbing to extremities, otherwise structurally sound and well able to protect this lovely book. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xii, 974 pages. Near Fine .
Keywords: >>Poetry >>Fine Bindings
Title: The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950 (Deluxe Leatherbound Edition in Slipcase)
Description: New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973. Leather. ISBN: 1560253010. Stated second printing, 1973. An entirely new edition of the famous treasury of poetry by some of the leading names in English-language verse, originally compiled and edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in 1900. Poems in this new 1972 collection were chosen and edited by Helen Gardner, who supplies footnotes for archaic words and a preface. With index of first lines at rear of volume. --- In full deluxe navy leather-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on spine and with gilt decorations to cover & spine; navy endpapers & sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. AEG (all edges gilt). Volume protected in navy leather-look paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with slight scratches to textblock edge gilding. Slipcase with scuffing and rubbing to extremities, otherwise structurally sound and well able to protect this lovely book. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xii, 974 pages. Near Fine .
Keywords: >>Poetry >>Fine Bindings
Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 89222
- Book number: 89222