The School-Boy
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Terra-cotta cloth stamped in black silver and gold over bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated with full page and vignette engravings by various artists. BAL 8931. Private inscription on blank prelim. A very nice, clean copy, a quite handsome example of Victorian printing.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003114
- Title
- The School-Boy
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Poetry, Poems, Verse
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Fine
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- Vignette
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- Cloth
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- BAL
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- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
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