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Lectures on American Literature, with Remarks on Some Passages of American History
by KNAPP, SAMUEL LORENZO
- Used
- Condition
- Edges a little rubbed; some light foxing and faint stains; very good copy.
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
(New York:) Published by Elam Bliss, 1829, 1829. First edition. American Imprints 39223; Sabin 38075. Edges a little rubbed; some light foxing and faint stains; very good copy.. 8vo, 19th century black half morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt lettering. A landmark work on the history of American literature by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp (1783-1838), author, local Massachusetts politician and lawyer. In 15 "lectures" Knapp writes about the origins of an American literature and the influences on it of the American Revolution. From the library of a great American literary critic, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), with his bookplate on the front paste-down.
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- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27884
- Title
- Lectures on American Literature, with Remarks on Some Passages of American History
- Author
- KNAPP, SAMUEL LORENZO
- Format/Binding
- American Imprints 39223; Sabin 38075
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges a little rubbed; some light foxing and faint stains; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- (New York:) Published by Elam Bliss, 1829
- Date Published
- 1829
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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