What Cheer; or, Roger Williams in Banishment: A Poem (From the library of H. P. Lovecraft)
by Durfee, Job; Durfee, Thomas [editor]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Preston & Rounds, 1896. Hardcover. Good. Signed. This was the personal copy of H. P. Lovecraft, master of horror and weird fiction. Signed by Lovecraft at FFEP and at fly leaf. Red cloth with gilt spine titling in red leather title window; gilt titles to front panel. Cloth very good with light edgewear and age-soil; leather title window at spine is cracked and has one vertical line of heavy wear, with some letters in the author's name obscured. Spine square. Rear hinge starting; binding sound through textblock. No jacket. Pages lightly toned, text unmarked.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2021077
- Title
- What Cheer; or, Roger Williams in Banishment: A Poem (From the library of H. P. Lovecraft)
- Author
- Durfee, Job; Durfee, Thomas [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Preston & Rounds
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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