FARM LEGENDS
by CARLETON, Will
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's brown cloth with lettering and elaborate decoration gilt, octavo, pp. 131 plus pp. 4 ads. Gift notation from 1887 on free front endpaper in a small neat hand. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and other illustrations, perfect against Table of Contents. Spine ends and board tips rubbed through. Some bottom edge rubbing, as well. Light foxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3347
- Title
- FARM LEGENDS
- Author
- CARLETON, Will
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1875]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.