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James Russell Lowell His Life and Work **Association copy belonging to William Caleb Loring**
by Greenslet, Ferris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1905 First trade edition, printed October 1905. Hard cover, 12mo., (measuring 5 x 7 ½ inches), in three quarter brown morocco with gilt, marbled paper covered boards, gilt title to spine with six raised bands, top edge gilt, glazed marbled endpapers, engraved bookplate of William Caleb Loring, inscription to ffep "William Caleb Loring from his loving wife-Christmas 1906." Includes five illustrations including engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Condition: Very Good Minus. The volume is generally clean and tight, having had minimal use. The text is moderately age toned. The outer joints and top half inch of spine are notably rubbed. Fore edges dusty. This book once belonged to William Caleb Loring, an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and purchased from the estate of his descendants. Additionally, there is a connection of the book's subject, Mr. Lowell, to the Loring family; the book mentions Lowell's first job after Harvard Law to be in the Boston firm of Mr. C.G.Loring (page 49), where he apparently did little legal work and instead noodled around writing poetry. Also both the Author, Ferris Greenslet, a longtime director and literary adviser at the publisher Houghton Mifflin Company, and his biography's subject, were once editors at the Atlantic Monthly. The fireside poet's correspondence, among other sources, are used to cast light on Lowell's career as a poet, abolitionist and diplomat. This is listed among the works of book designer Bruce Rogers. (The Work of Bruce Rogers, Jack of All Trades: Master of One, American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club, 1939. No. 735.) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8617
- Title
- James Russell Lowell His Life and Work **Association copy belonging to William Caleb Loring**
- Author
- Greenslet, Ferris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1905
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We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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