The Works
by PARKMAN, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1922-1924. Centenary Edition. 13 vols. 8vo. Frontispiece to each volume, fold-out maps. Contemporary three-quarters blue morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, raised bands, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for E.P. Dutton & Company, New York; some light scuffing to spines, bookplate, previous owner's inscription to flyleaf
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100647
- Title
- The Works
- Author
- PARKMAN, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Centenary Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1922-1924
- Keywords
- sets
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bull's Head Rare Books
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Lebanon, New Jersey
About Bull's Head Rare Books
Bull's Head Rare Books was established in 2020 by Alex Obercian after more than a dozen years in the New York City book trade. BHRB deals in rare books and manuscripts in all fields, with specialties in literature, bookbindings, architecture, photography, science and medicine and country-life pursuits — gardening, farming and landscape design.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Marbled boards
- ...