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Kavanagh, A Tale
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849. First edition, mixed state, 1849, with the uncorrected error on page 172 and "end" on final page. Fair to good in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and blindstamped decoration to covers, four-page publisher's catalog dated May 1, 1849 bound in before the front free endpaper, 188 pages. Covers have some light colored spotting as well as expected edgewear, light wearthrough at the spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, occasional foxing and age-toning throughout, minor old dampstaining to far outer edges of preliminary blank and halt-fitle, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037576
- Title
- Kavanagh, A Tale
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1849
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- AMERICAN AUTHORS FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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