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THE COURTIN'
by Lowell, James Russell; Winslow Homer (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; VG-; Hardcover. Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering to spine and blind and gilt tooling to boards and turn-ins; spine and top edge of boards sunned; rubbing to edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spine, raised bands, and joints; several small chips to leather on spine and joints; light marking and rubbing to boards. Silk endpapers; text block edges gilt; text block lightly age-toned; all edges of textblock gilt; original spine and front board cover preserved and pasted to an endpage. Complete with all seven illustrations plus illustrated title page and tissue guards. Unpaginated; [52] pp. GP consignment. Shelved Room A. 1349838. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1349838
- Title
- THE COURTIN'
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell; Winslow Homer (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1874
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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