HORACE: Three Phases of His Influence/Lectures Given at Mount
by Saintonge, Paul Frederic; Burgevin, Leslie Gale; Griffith, Helen/Coulter, Cornelia C. (foreword)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago, IL: The University Of Chicago Press, 1936. 120 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine and top edges sunned. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. DJ has short tears to edges w/ small chip missing from bottom edge of front panel. Spine sunned. Lightly soiled. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14666LIT
- Title
- HORACE: Three Phases of His Influence/Lectures Given at Mount
- Author
- Saintonge, Paul Frederic; Burgevin, Leslie Gale; Griffith, Helen/Coulter, Cornelia C. (foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The University Of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- LITERATURE BIOGRAPHY HORACE LITERARY WORKS LECTURES MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE BIMILLENNIUM HORATIANUM
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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