Prose Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Literary Recreations and Miscellanies, 2-volume set
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. 12mo. First edition. Brown cloth binding, beveled edges. Decorative name in gold on front board, gold titles, top edge gilt. Antique ex-library bearing the hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate of one of the USA's oldest institutions (no pocket). 395 pp. Pieces originally written for newspapers are published together for the first time. Spine heavily sunned but still legible, chipping to top of spine, boards scuffed. Very good condition..
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- Seller
- Respectful Exits
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 003453
- Title
- Prose Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Literary Recreations and Miscellanies, 2-volume set
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1866
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction;
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About the Seller
Respectful Exits
Biblio member since 2006
HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts
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- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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