The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow ( Longfellow's Poetical Works )
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
88 Curtain Road, London: Richard Edward King. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Includes Evangeline, Song of Hiawatha, The Seaside & The Fireside, Ballads etc. Title Page Illustrated with Longfellow's home. Illustrated with 7 B&W Plates. 703 Pages, 480g, 7 1/4" Tall. Maroon cloth cover with Blind stamped Linear Design and Gilt Lettering to front & spine. Beveled Edges. Top page edges Gilt. Slight edge wear and spine colour faded (see photos). Front hinge slightly cracked. Pages age darkened and some foxing. Most Plates have foxing, mainly marginal but few spots on the illustrationstoo. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011422
- Title
- The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow ( Longfellow's Poetical Works )
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Edward King
- Place of Publication
- 88 Curtain Road, London
- Keywords
- POETRY/AMERICAN/LONGFELLOW/HIAWATHA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- Jacket
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- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
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- Title Page
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