THE CATHEDRAL
by Lowell, James Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo; VG; Hardcover. Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering to spine and blind and gilt tooling to boards and turn-ins; spine sunned; some rubbing to edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spine, and joints; a small patching of heavier rubbing partially obscures the author's name on the spine. Silk endpapers; top edge of text block gilt; text block lightly age-toned with small dark stain at edge of first four printed leaves. Spine and front cover from original binding pasted to a blank page at the end of the volume. 53 pp. GP consignment. Shelved Room A. 1349853. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1349853
- Title
- THE CATHEDRAL
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood, and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1870
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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"...
- 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....
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...