The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume
by Hemans, Felicia
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A: Thomas T. Ash, 1836. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 6" x 9 1/2. FAIR / NO DUST JACKET. xx, pp49-361. Text unmarked except for previous owners' names at flyleaf. Pages foxed, dampstained. Frontispiece portrait of F. Hemans in b/w, protected with tissue. Brown cloth boards with raised floral decoration, gilt decoration and lettering at spine. Boards faded, spine sunned, edges rubbed, corners bumped and worn to boards, spine top and tail chipped and frayed, spine cover starting to spit at back joint. Hinges good, textblock firm
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- RPL Library Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028966
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume
- Author
- Hemans, Felicia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas T. Ash
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1836
- Size
- 6" x 9 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature Poetry
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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