Bayntun Riviere binding. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. EDITED BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON. (Spine title: "Shelley's Poetical Works.")

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. Thomas Hutchinson (editor).

Verlag: London, New York, Toronto: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [circa 1940].

Bayntun Riviere binding (with their discreet ink stamp at ffep verso's top left). xxiv, 912 pages. Hardcover: H 18.4cm x L 13.2cm. Full red Morocco; light surface rubbing to boards which are minimally decorated with thin-ruled gilt borders; gilt tooling along board edges (slight wear at corners) with gilt inner dentelles; spine decorated with five minimally raised bands delineating six compartments - five gilt tooled and a sixth which has gilt lettered dark brown title label; slender scuffing to band ridges, along joints, and at spine head. All edges gilt. Reddish-purple faux marbled endpapers. Fourteen printing dates upon title leaf verso (initially issued 1907) with final cited date being 1940. Thin stock interior leaves remain clean. Binding is firm. The standard Milford OUP edition in a handsome mid-20th century Bayntun Riviere binding. {BindingShelf#CVA-01166}. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CVA-01166

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Titel: Bayntun Riviere binding. THE COMPLETE ...
Verlag: London, New York, Toronto: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [circa 1940].
Einband: Hardcover