THE LAUREL WREATH. A Christmas and New Year's Gift
by Burchard, S.D
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Endicott, New York, United States
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About This Item
Leavitt & Allen, New York, 1860. 7.5" X 5.25" in heavily tooled leather with fancy gilt lettering. Heavily rubbed. Back strip is splitting along one edge: top .25" & bottom .5" are missing. Light foxing except engraved illustrations which are all heavily foxed. All edges gilt. Binding seems secure. About FAIR. 263pp. This is one of those mid-ninteenth century compilations of miscellaneous poetry and prose with fancy bindings which were designed to be given as gifts. This one isn't in the best condition. No publication date given, but the fancy presentation page is filled in and gives the date of this gift as 1860.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- THE BOOK VAULT (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001645
- Title
- THE LAUREL WREATH. A Christmas and New Year's Gift
- Author
- Burchard, S.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Leavitt & Allen, New York
- Date Published
- 1860
- Bookseller catalogs
- periodicals;
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Endicott, New York
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Foxed
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- Fair
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- Edges
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- 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...