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Poems
by HARTE, Bret
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1871. First Edition. Second printing, with "FO" monogram on title page and foot of spine, and "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." in caption on p.136; but gathered in eights (while the first issue was gathered in sixes). Octavo (18cm); emerald green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and author's facsimile signature in gilt on front cover and in blind to rear cover; brown endpapers; vi,[7]-152pp. Base of spine gently nudged, a few faint foxed spots to right edge of textblock, else a fresh, Fine copy. Handsome early work by the American short story writer and poet, a Johnson's High Spot. BAL 7253.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45884
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- HARTE, Bret
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood, & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1871
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Literature Before 1900;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
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