W. Kent & Co., 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. No Edition Stated. 580 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Name plate to front paste down. B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Both hinges cracked with netting visible, thus the boards are slack. Some pages are loose or detached. Insect damage to top of front hinge. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Notable insect damage, staining and marking to boards.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1701095490IEV
Title: Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: W. Kent & Co.
Date Published: 1861

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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...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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....
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.