The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Humphrey Milford; 1917. Oxford Edition. Hardcover. Half leather binding with orange/brown cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine- a little rubbed. Five raised bands to spine. Top and bottom of spine a little rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Marbled end papers. Text block marbled to edges. Inscription to rear and upside down to last free blank page- including a paper insert apologising to the recipient for the inscription being at the back and upside down. A beautiful book.
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- Bookseller
- Book Attic (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102045
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Format/Binding
- Hbk.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poets- American;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...