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| Shelfmark |
11826bbb16 |
| Held By |
BL |
| Country |
England |
| Period |
19c |
| Cover Material |
Cloth, ripple grain |
| Decorative Technique |
Blocked in gold; Blocked in relief |
| Style |
Publishers binding; Pictorial; Lettered cover, eg intitals, titles; Star |
| Edges |
Gilt |
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| Owner |
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| Author |
Alastor, pseud. [i.e. J. Orton.] |
| Title |
"Excelsior;" or, the realms of poesy
Printed for the Author. George Woodfall and Son, Angel Court, Skinner street. |
| Place of Publication |
London |
| Date of Publication |
1851 |
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| Notes |
Written on the front endpaper: "/Samuel Rogers Esq./ With/ the sincere admiration of/ the Author./ Leemont. July 1851./". Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue ripple vertical-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in gold and relief. There is one fillet blocked in gold on the borders, with straps and stars on the corners. The title: "/Excelsior/" is blocked in relief in a pennant-shaped gold lettering-piece underneath the upper portion of a globe. From the globe, a right hand emerges, an index finger pointing to the stars and a crescent moon blocked above. The spine is not blocked. This copy purchased on the "9 DE[CEMBER 18]63". Unsigned. The design on the covers is identical to the covers of the William Pickering edition of 1852, which has Rogers' monogram "WHR" blocked on the spine.
Text copyright, Edmund M.B. King. |
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