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Works
by HOLMES Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1892. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Works. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. Fifteen volumes bound in thirty. Octavo, later three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, patterned boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and unopened. $4200.“Artist’s” edition, number 672 of 750 sets, illustrated with steel-engraved portraits and photogravures, some of which are hand-colored.Father of the celebrated jurist of the same name, Holmes (1809-94) ""reigned supreme in Boston society and club life and became the unofficial poet laureate of all important gatherings in the intellectual ""hub of the Universe"" (Hart, 176). BAL 9214. Fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bauman Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126066
- Title
- Works
- Author
- HOLMES Oliver Wendell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1892
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bauman Rare Books
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
About Bauman Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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