Chaucer to Longfellow: A Choice Selection of Lectures on English Literature
by Fraser, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: O. M. Crum & Co, 1891. later edition. HB. Green beveled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 4 to, 656 pp., all edges marbled, patterned end papers. No marks in book, binding solid. Covers show minor edge wear. Single complete edition of work published in 1887 as two volume set. Scarce. Includes tipped in prospectus, newspaper reviews and subscription list. Book condition VG-.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HL7039
- Title
- Chaucer to Longfellow: A Choice Selection of Lectures on English Literature
- Author
- Fraser, John
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- later edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- O. M. Crum & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...