The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842
by Poe, Edgar Allan [contributor]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Carey & Hart, 1841. Hardcover. Good. The Gift (annual) for 1842, featuring the first-ever appearance of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Eleanora.' Black boards with titling and elaborate decoration in gilt; boards scuffed and edgeworn, frayed to corners, front outer hinge starting and rear outer hinge split at top 3.5 inches. Inner hinges strong; gutter cracked at page two, with the exposed threads of the binding secure; binding sound through text. Endsheets tanned, pencil markings to RFEP with bleedthrough to previous page. Pages bright, occasionally foxed; text else unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2021081
- Title
- The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan [contributor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Carey & Hart
- Date Published
- 1841
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.