Click for full-size.
Farm Festivals
by Carleton, Will
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Palatine, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Harper & Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket. 1881. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustrations on cover, brown endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 32 full-page B&W illustrations, including tissue-protected frontispiece. William McKendree Carleton (1845 – 1912) was an American poet from Michigan. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life.. Spine sunned and worn on top and bottom, ffep and frontispiece loose, book split between pages 94-95, previous owner's signatrue on ffep, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. FAIR. . B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 167, vi pp .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23486
- Title
- Farm Festivals
- Author
- Carleton, Will
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- farming, Farms, Poetry, 19th Century Poetry, 19th Century America, 19th Century Literature, First Edition, Illustrated Book, Americana
Terms of Sale
Round Table Books, LLC
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned in the same condition within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards
Exchanging Valentines can be an awkward process, especially when you consider “Vinegar Valentines” and other snarky sentiments - whatever your tastes, enjoy the sweet and sour cards alike in this gallery!
Bob Dylan - 2016 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
From the first screech of his electric guitar upsetting musicians at a folk festival to his writing and paintings, Bob Dylan has risen to become a seminal force in American popular culture. In 2016, he was recognized by the Nobel Committee. Learn more about his creations...
