Editorials
by Hearn, Lafcadio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 356pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a small embossed design on the front board. Very good. The extremities are mildly bumped and rubbed. There are several contemporary notations on the front free endsheet. The pages are slightly browned. In a good only dust jacket, with numerous thin deep tears in the edges. The deepest tear is at the head of the jacket's spine, and measures 1 and 1/4 inches deep. The edges are also heavily chipped and creased. The jacket is soiled and darkened, and the spine is faded and rubbed. Includes essays on Hot Baths in the Middle Ages, Prevention of Cruelty to Women, Romanticism in Music, Rainbow Birds, and more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33365
- Title
- Editorials
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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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