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Cameos from Longfellow
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1910 (Circa). 1st Edition . Very Good. 1.75 x 4.25 inches (4.5 x 10.5 cm). Full suede binding with yapp edges, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Chipping to lower corner of front pastedown endpaper, mark to rear endpaper, dulling to outer page edge. Colour frontis. Very clean text throughout. An unusual format miniature book in Collins' 'Cameos From' series. Text is across two leaves with the sheets printed on one side only. An attractive Edwardian pocket volume. Scarce, WorldCat lists only one other copy (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, USA). Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 1.75 x 4.25 inches (4.5 x 10.5 cm). Hardback
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1219E016
- Title
- Cameos from Longfellow
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910 (Circa)
- Size
- 1.75 x 4.25 inches (4.5 x 10.5 c
- Keywords
- Miniature Books, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Worldcat
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- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- 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....
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
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