The Dolliver Romance, Fanshawe, and Septimus Felton with an Appendix Containing the Ancestral footstep (The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume XI)
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1885. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". F Riverside Edition Collectible. H 3/4 Leather. Very Good. Attractively bound in period 3/4 light brown calf over marbled boards, spine with contrasting red and black morocco labels, raised bands, and elaborate gilt geometric tooling within gilt-ruled compartments, marbled edges and endpapers (very slight wear; ink name). Spine labels at top reads: "Hawthorne's Works", label at foot has book title.
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0789257
- Title
- The Dolliver Romance, Fanshawe, and Septimus Felton with an Appendix Containing the Ancestral footstep (The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume XI)
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Frontis Etching
- Format/Binding
- H 3/4 Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- F Riverside Edition Collectible
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel American Literature 19th Century American Fiction Binding Sets QX91
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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