New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. 302pp/illus. Limited, signed: #41 of 125 copies on deckle-edged paper, top edge gilt. The vellum spine and boards. Tight & clean: very good. Illustrated, frontispiece & 45 tipped in plates, with tissue guards. Literary criticism, appraisals & discussions of Emerson, Wordsworth, Irving, Goethe, Scott, Whitman, et al and their homes. Clean. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.

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Bookseller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005664
Title: Backgrounds of Literature. (Ltd, Sgd. 1/125 Copies)
Author: Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Outlook Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1903
Keywords: Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.

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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
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