Ballads of New England
by Whittier, John Greenleaf; Homer, Winslow; Darley, FOC, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good [Textblock Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1870. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fifty steel engravings by A. V. S. Anthony from drawings by Eytinge, Darley, Fenn, Homer, Perkins, etc. Includes early Winslow Homer work. (BAL: 22265) Overall, a rather handsome copy of this minor classic. Light shelf/edge wear, light fraying at head and heel, bottom tips through, owner inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green beveled cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, brown endpages, aeg. Small 8vo. 92pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3916
- Title
- Ballads of New England
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf; Homer, Winslow; Darley, FOC, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good [Textblock Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Illustrated/Illustrated Juvenalia | Fiction
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Portland, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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