JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY. A MEMOIR
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1879. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY. A MEMOIR. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1879. Large paper issue. vii + [1] + 278 pp. 8vo., green cloth over bevelled boards with gilt lettering and top edge. Light soil to cloth. Corners worn, small tear to bottom corner of rear board. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown.Text clean, edges a bit age-toned, block tight. BAL 8933, Currier-Tilton p. 173.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83945
- Title
- JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY. A MEMOIR
- Author
- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1879
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Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Welcome!
Helen Kelly
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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