The Humbler Poets; a Collection of Newspaper and Periodical Verse, 1870-1885, by Slason Thompson
by Thompson, Slason (Comp. by)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Chicago, A. C. McClurg And Company, 1888. Second Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original half-calf and marbled boards. Raised bands, two gilt-blocked labels and gilt-tooling to spine compartments. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Dust-dulling, with some rubbing/scuffing to the spine and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 459 pages; An excellent collection. Description: 459 p. 21 cm. Subjects: English poetry. American poetry.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115528
- Title
- The Humbler Poets; a Collection of Newspaper and Periodical Verse, 1870-1885, by Slason Thompson
- Author
- Thompson, Slason (Comp. by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chicago, A. C. McClurg And Company
- Date Published
- 1888
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- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Marbled boards
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
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