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Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes (In 5 Volumes)
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 Volumes of Holmes works uniformly bound. Octavo. Quarter bound in contemporary brown calf-skin leather. Corners bound. Gilt decorative flourishes along spine. Green Morocco spine labels with gilt lettering. Marbled boards. Shelf wear and rubbing. Gift inscription to ffep of each volume. Otherwise, clean, unmarked pages. This is an over-sized set that may require additional postage.
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1203230048
- Title
- Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes (In 5 Volumes)
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1884
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
SequiturBooks
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Boonsboro, Maryland
About SequiturBooks
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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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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