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Among the Isles of Shoals
by Thaxter, Celia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1873 Hard cover, 12mo, in green cloth, stamped in blind to boards and spine, with titles blocked in gold, text block with red stained edges, navy blue end papers, frontispiece plus three additional illustrations, 184pp., First Edition. Incudes a pithy handwrtten note to her publishers tipped in to the ffep.: "Dear Editors, If you wish to keep this poem please send check for it at once in enclosed envelope, if not, kindly ..at once..enclose it back to me, obliged, yours truly, C. Thaxter." CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Shows some exterior rubbing, along the joints, head and tale of spine and tips, one of which is bumped. Inside, the ffep has been reglued, but otherwise looks pristine. A small printed old bookstore label is on gutter edge of front endpaper. BAL 19848.. Signed Note to "Editors" tipped in demanding payment by return post. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9133
- Title
- Among the Isles of Shoals
- Author
- Thaxter, Celia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1873
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
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