Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1880. First Edition . Hardcover. First printing, very good with no dust jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown, a few pages are slightly soiled. Brown cloth with black leaf design on front board and spine, and gilt lettering on both (binding state A). Owner's name printed in gilt at bottom of front board. A relatively tight, square copy

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Bookseller: Tulsa Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020800
Title: The Undiscovered Country
Author: Howells, W. D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin & Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1880

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.