THE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 14 VOL. SET (COMPLETE) STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883, 1887. Standard Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 5 x 8 in. Brown cloth boards with brown calf spine labels with gilt titles. Frontis portraits with tissue guards. Standard Library Edition of 14 vols, complete. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers all very clean, a few have a lirrle rubbing. Minor wear to corners and spine tails, spine heads have some wear and slight loss. Leather spine labels vary, with some loss to six, the rest have a little wear. Bindings all tight. Endpapers and text all very clean and bright with no markings. Set - extra shipping may apply. Ess. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50775
- Title
- THE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 14 VOL. SET (COMPLETE) STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Standard Library Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1883, 1887
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...