Backgrounds of Literature. (Ltd, Sgd. 1/125 Copies)
by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. 302pp/illus. Limited, signed: #41 of 125 copies on deckle-edged paper, top edge gilt. The vellum spine and boards. Tight & clean: very good. Illustrated, frontispiece & 45 tipped in plates, with tissue guards. Literary criticism, appraisals & discussions of Emerson, Wordsworth, Irving, Goethe, Scott, Whitman, et al and their homes. Clean. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005664
- Title
- Backgrounds of Literature. (Ltd, Sgd. 1/125 Copies)
- Author
- Mabie, Hamilton Wright
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Outlook Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...