A Glance at Private Libraries
by Farnham, Luther
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Weston, MA: M&S Press, 1991. Gonet, Jean de. Octavo. 98pp. One of 350 copies. This copy specially bound by Jean de Gonet in revorim covers with exposed red bands and red titling to leather spine. The text is a reprint of the Boston edition of 1855, here with introduction and annotated index contributed by Roger E. Stoddard, at the time the Curator of Rare Books at Harvard College. Inscribed by him at the front flyleaf. Stoddard's index provides key citational value, providing quick historical reference. Fine. Laid in is a previous owner's memo note on the attractiveness of de Gonet bindings, with Harvard header.
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33316
- Title
- A Glance at Private Libraries
- Author
- Farnham, Luther
- Illustrator
- Gonet, Jean de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- M&S Press
- Place of Publication
- Weston, MA
- Date Published
- 1991
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- Fine Bindings;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...