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An Introduction to the Study of American LIterature
by Matthews, Brander
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1896. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback American Book Company, NY, Cincinnati, Chicago.] First Edition, 1896. Hardcover in Good Condition. No dust jacket.Quite a nice 123 year old volume. Illustrations within text include portraits, houses of authors, and examples of their handwriting. Green faille full cloth hardcover, bright and clear decorated gilt title panel on front with titles within; gilt rubbed off titles on spine, are still readable but not bright. Generally clean with light scuffing at places around extremities, rubbed down hinge, discoloration to rear upper corner; endpapers pale green with cream design; former owner signature and date, Oct. 29, 1897, on flyleaf; first few pages have damp stain along upper edge; inner hinge cracked pp 208/209; two closed tears to lower edge of page. Includes a chapter on The Colonial Period and on The End of the Nineteenth Century--and in betweenm chapters on American writers--B. Franklin, W. Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Bryant, Halleck, Drake, Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Poe, and more. 7.5" x 5.25". 256 pp with A Brief Chronoplogy of American Literature and Index. 1896, American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027451
- Title
- An Introduction to the Study of American LIterature
- Author
- Matthews, Brander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE COLONIAL BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EMERSON HAWTHORNE LOWELL THOREAU, PARKMAN IRVING
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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