Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1884. White cloth spine. Boards are bevelled with gilt. All edges gilt. Cover vignette in gilt and silver. Lightly edgeworn and rubbed. 14 black and white illustrations, some full-page, others outlining the poetry text. War poetry regarding German members of the Foreign Legion in northern Africa. Unpaginated. . Glazed Color Pictorial Boards.. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Square Octavo.

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Bookseller: Glenn Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000862
Title: BINGEN ON THE RHINE.
Author: NORTON, CAROLINE E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Light Edge Wear
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Porter and Coates
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1884
Size: Square Octavo
Keywords: POETRY, FOREIGN LEGION, WAR, GERMANY, ILLUSTRATED

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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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...
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...