Boston: S. E. Cassino, 1890. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus illustrated. 4to, vii + 104 pages, navy blue cloth with decorated panel front cover, beveled edges, plain battle gray endpapers, aeg, Profusely illustrated by Merrill. Moderately worn at corners and tips, front gutter slightly revealed, still solidly bound. Internals near fine.

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Bookseller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 011723
Title: LEGENDS OF PROVINCE HOUSE
Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Merrill, Frank T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition Thus
Publisher: S. E. Cassino
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1890
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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
AEG: All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
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...