The Snow-Image: A Childish Miracle.
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some scattered brown spotting to text and plates; slight use to cloth at extremities; tight and sound.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Hurd and Houghton,, 1866.. Early edition.. publisher's gilt cloth.. Some scattered brown spotting to text and plates; slight use to cloth at extremities; tight and sound.. 12mo,. Added title page illustrated in color; six lovely hand-colored plates including frontispiece.. With a Prefatory Note by Herbert Ross Brown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71162
- Title
- The Snow-Image: A Childish Miracle.
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Illustrator
- Added title page illustrated in color; six lovely hand-colored plates including frontispiece.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's gilt cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Some scattered brown spotting to text and plates; slight use to cloth at extremities; tight and sound.
- Edition
- Early edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1866.
- Pages
- 31 pp.
- Size
- 12mo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...