The POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING Complete from 1833 to 1868 and the shorter poems thereafter [Later Oxford Edition Bayntun (Riviere) Half Leather Binding Thin (India) Paper]

ROBERT BROWNING

Published by Oxford University Press; LONDON: Humphrey Milford, 1940

About this Item

LONDON: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1940, Later Oxford Edition. Half blue calf leather binding by Bayntun (Riviere), with gilt titles to a brown label, gilt raised bands and decorated compartments to the faded spine, floral patterned end papers, gilt page edges, frontispiece portrait of Browning, thin (India paper) pages, a nice copy. Pagination: xiv, 698pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 7 ¼ inches tall (18.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition faded, gilt titles to a brown label, five raised gilt decorated bands, gilt decoration to the compartments. Joints very good condition sound. Corners good condition rubbed and worn. Boards good condition gilt lined leather, cloth, minor marks and scratches. Page edges good condition all gilt. Binding good condition attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition floral patterned paper. End papers good condition floral patterned paper. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned, thin, often called India paper. See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1747043914817

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING Complete from 1833 to 1868 and the shorter poems thereafter [Later Oxford Edition Bayntun (Riviere) Half Leather Binding Thin (India) Paper]
• Publisher: Oxford University Press; LONDON: Humphrey Milford
• Publication Date: 1940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Binding
  • Leather Bindings