THE WRITINGS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL IN TEN VOLUMES [together with] JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: A BIOGRAPHY
by Lowell, James Russell, and Horace Elisha Scudder
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
The Riverside Press, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Large paper edition. Limited edition, #299/300 (WRITINGS) and #299/350 (BIOGRAPHY). 12 volumes total (10 volume WRITINGS plus two-volume BIOGRAPHY). 8vo. Quarter cream cloth over light blue paper-covered boards. WRITINGS dated 1890, BIOGRAPHY dated 1901. Volume I of WRITINGS and both volumes of the BIOGRAPHY with frontispiece portraits. Each volume with a library bookplate to front pastedown, as well as discreet library stamp to front pastedown and title page, but these appear to be the only library markings. Light shelfwear. Light sunning to spines and edges, with some light soiling to exteriors. Light wear and some fading to paper spine labels. Volume I with a small scrape to fore-edge of front board. WRITINGS with some glue-toning to endpapers. Light toning to page edges, but interiors clean and bright. Overall very good with faults as noted.
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- Bookseller
- Commonwealth Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 426637
- Title
- THE WRITINGS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL IN TEN VOLUMES [together with] JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: A BIOGRAPHY
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell, and Horace Elisha Scudder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press
- Date Published
- 1890
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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