Neighborly Poems and Dialect Sketches
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Book condition)
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. Book. Very Good (Book condition). Hardcover. A very nice copy bound in red cloth with crisp gilt lettering to front cover and decorative gilt motif and lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Light fraying to crown of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Light wear to covers. Front hinge lightly starting. Inscription in ink to front free end page. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Montreal Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 502630
- Title
- Neighborly Poems and Dialect Sketches
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Book condition)
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1897
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Leather-Bound Books; Antiquarian & Leatherbounds;
Terms of Sale
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...