Cap and Bells
by Peck, Samuel Minturn
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
White, Stokes, & Allen, 1886. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall (thin). Slight wear to extremities (rubbing; chiefly to spine edges and corners); slight rubbing and browning to covers (leather over boards; chiefly to edges); front free endpaper detached (but present, with stub at spine edge); few previous owner's pencil underscorings (chiefly to titles throughout); slight internal browning (chiefly to edges). vi, 163, [1] pages. First book of the so-called 'First Poet Laureate of Alabama', containing 85 poems in all; includes several paeans to ladies (first names given only), as well as apostrophizations of his native territory and its flora and fauna. Bound in 3/4 dark red calf over light brown marbled boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spine, matching marbled endpapers, t.e.g., all edges trimmed. Rare in any condition.Title Vignette (red/white); Title Page (red).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L063980
- Title
- Cap and Bells
- Author
- Peck, Samuel Minturn
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- White, Stokes, & Allen
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Peck, Samuel Minturn American Literature 19th Century American Poetry First Book Southern States Alabama Binding QX91, , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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