The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston - New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company. 453pp. Green cloth with gilt spine title, decoration and page tops. Some rubbing to the spien edges, rear endpaper hinge is cracked, small inscription on the front endpaper. N3 . Good. Cloth. 1899.
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- Bookseller
- Voyageur Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013912
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston - New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
Terms of Sale
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Voyageur Book Shop
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
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- 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...
- Rubbing
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- New
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- Edges
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