THE COURTIN'
by Lowell, James Russel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston, 1874. Unpaginated. With seven heliotype plates from drawings by Winslow Homer. Contemporary full morocco, raised bands, a.e.g. Spine and other extremities with significant rubbing. Front free endpaper detached. Very minor dampstain to lower fore- edge corner of most leaves. Else internally clean and nice. Verse and silhouette heliotypes by Winslow Homer tell the tale of a courtship that leads to marriage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM22017
- Title
- THE COURTIN'
- Author
- Lowell, James Russel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1874
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...