The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. hardcover. fine. Frontispiece. 13 volumes + 2 volumes of Oliver Wendell Holmes Life and Letters by John Morse with frontispieces and 6 illustrations with lettered tissue guards. Complete in 15 volumes. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco, ornately gilt spine, raised bands, marbled boards, top edge gilt. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. Riverside edition. A beautiful set.<br/><br/>
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 233740
- Title
- The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Author
- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1897
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
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We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...