The Poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier : Complete Edition
by W. Garrett Horder (Edited By)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry Frowde, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Beautifully bound in full leather, very carefully and professionally restored. Five raised bands along spine with gilt title on title-plate, gilt decorations in compartments, and around the edges of the front and back boards. Marbled closed page edges and end papers. Hinge and text block firm, previous owner paste-down inside the front, and hand written gift inscription to the first free end paper. Pages smooth, clean, unmarked. A lovely copy.
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- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035920
- Title
- The Poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier : Complete Edition
- Author
- W. Garrett Horder (Edited By)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
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David's Bookshop
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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