Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books (#39 in The Five-Foot Shelf of Books series, "The Harvard Classics")
by ELIOT, Charles W. (editor)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Fair with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. A collection of prefaces and introductions to famous books by noted authors such as Caxton, Copernicus, Raleigh and many others. The 39th entry in The Five-Foot Shelf of Books series, "The Harvard Classics", edited by Charles W. Eliot, who has supplied introductory notes. With sepia frontis portrait of Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. --- In dark red cloth-covered boards with the Harvard crest in gilt on the cover; gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations and grey-green topstain. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With mild sunning to spine, partial splits near front and back of volume, slightly bowed boards and with chafing to cloth at spine ends. Though damaged, the book remains intact and fully readable.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 462 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80705
- Title
- Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books (#39 in The Five-Foot Shelf of Books series, "The Harvard Classics")
- Author
- ELIOT, Charles W. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Fair
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...