The Opal: a Pure Gift for the Hollydays MDCCCXLVII.
by Keese, John, editor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: J. C. Riker, 1847.. Hardcover. Good. Large octavo. 304pp. Contemporary light tan with three gilt fillet borders, outermost thicker than the other two. Decorative corner pieces at the angles, with another border of fleur-de-lys. Decorative gilt tooling around the portrait of Christ within a small oval, with rays radiating in all four directions. Pattern repeated on lower cover. Flat spine decorated in gilt with floral sprays, a large fleur-de-lys and banderoles. Title, printer, and place of publication gilt on spine. All edges gilt. With nine engravings, three hand-colored by J. G. Chapman. Foxon 625; Thompson, American Literary Annuals and Gift Books, pp. 100-101; Not in Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings 1825-1855.
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- Bookseller
- Sam Gatteno Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2388
- Title
- The Opal: a Pure Gift for the Hollydays MDCCCXLVII.
- Author
- Keese, John, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: J. C. Riker, 1847.
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