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The Forty-Sixth Birthday of Sidney Lanier, 1842 - February 3 - 1888 (A Memorial of Sidney Lanier)
by Gilman, Daniel Coit; [and] Robert Eugene Burton
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: Publication Agency of the Johns Hopkins University, 1888. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mo. 56 pages. Soft cover bound in sewn tan wrappers. The binding is worn and soiled and has some damp staining at the fore edge of the front cover. The foot of the spine is splitting up to the bottom tie. Text is toned but mostly clean. A couple of pages have some spotting near the bottom edge. Sidney Lanier (1842-1881) was an American musician and poet from Georgia and was known as "The Poet of the Confederacy." This is NOT a volume of his poetry. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048256
- Title
- The Forty-Sixth Birthday of Sidney Lanier, 1842 - February 3 - 1888 (A Memorial of Sidney Lanier)
- Author
- Gilman, Daniel Coit; [and] Robert Eugene Burton
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Publication Agency of the Johns Hopkins University
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 10.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1888; Sidney Lanier; Memorial; Birthday; Poet; Poetry; The South; Southern; Georgia; Poet of the Confederacy; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible; Daniel Coit Gilman; Robert Eugene Burton.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Poetry;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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