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The Hanging of the Crane Illustrated.
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1874 New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1874 64 pp with B&W wood engravings by V. S. Anthony from designs by the artists Mary A. Hallock (the fictionalized heroine of Wallace Stegner's "Angle of Repose,") and Thomas Moran on every page. Pages are gilt-edged, clean, unmarked, tight save for front hinge cracked but holding, yellowed. Illustration frontis with tissue guard intact. Endpapers are red and gilt floral design. Bound in dark brown pigskin, much rubbed along edges. Spine and leather on top corner of rear board are missing. Size: 8.5" x 6". First Edition. Pigskin Leather. Good/No Jacket.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300392
- Title
- The Hanging of the Crane Illustrated.
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1874
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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- Hinge
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- First Edition
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
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