Boston/Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company/The Riverside Press, 1886. 328+14 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed; spine ends a bit bumped. Top edge gilt; light dusting to edges of text block. Front inner hinge just starting; two tiny chips at foredge of front endpaper. Approx. 3/4" closed tear at bottom margin of Contents page. Collection of works by Dante, Spenser, Wordsworth, Milton, and Keats.. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8844
Title: AMONG MY BOOKS: Second Series
Author: Lowell, James Russell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ to Very Good-
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company/The Riverside Press
Place of Publication: Boston/Cambridge
Date Published: 1886
Keywords: LITERATURE AUTHORS ALIGHIERI DANTE DURANTE DEGLI 1265 1321 SPENSER EDMUND 1552 1599 WORDSWORTH WILLIAM 1770 1850 MILTON JOHN 1608 1674 KEATS JOHN 1795 1821 ENGLISH POETS POETRY POEMS POETIC WORKS POETICAL WORKS LITERARY WORKS COLLECTIONS AUTHORS LOWELL JA
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; Literature/Poetry;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...