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Forest, Rock, and Stream
by N. P. Willis, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Troy, New York: H. B. Nims, 1886. Book. Illus. by W. H. Bartlett, et al.. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. "A Series of Twenty Steel Line-Engravings by W. H. Bartlett and Others With Descriptive Text by H. P. Willis and Others, Including Poems by American and Foreign Authors." First edition, first printing, with title page dated 1886. Huge folio-size book bound in embossed forest-green cloth ornately decorated in gilt and black on front cover and spine. Gilt-covered page edges. Measures approx. 13" x 10 1/4". 84 text pages. Heavyweight paper. All 20 engravings are b/w on unpaginated plates protected with tissue. In VERY GOOD + condition. Exterior is very bright and clean with only slight wear to the spine ends and corner tips. Otherwise, almost no exterior wear with gilt bright, shiny and unworn. Pages and engraved plates are all bright and clean with no foxing, staining, creasing or tears, except two plates have a few small open tears at the blank fore edge. A few of the tissue protectors have small tears or creases. Book opens wide at a few points exposing the inner threading. Small, faint previous owner signature in pencil on title page. No other markings..
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- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3907
- Title
- Forest, Rock, and Stream
- Author
- N. P. Willis, et al
- Illustrator
- W. H. Bartlett, et al.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- H. B. Nims
- Place of Publication
- Troy, New York
- Date Published
- 1886
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible, 1st edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; 18th- and 19th-Century Books; First Printings;
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Fore Edge
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- Spine
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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...
- Folio
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