The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. Tenth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston, Ticknor & Fields, 1866. Tenth edition. 12mo. Quarter cloth over marbled boards with hand-printed title, author, and library number on spine. Frontispiece features an engraved portrait of Holmes, exquisite head and tail decorations, 410 pp. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate (no pocket) and very few library markings. Very solid. Good..
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- Seller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020046
- Title
- The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Tenth Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1866
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- RARE POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Poetry; Poetry;
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About the Seller
Respectful Exits
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts
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Glossary
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- Marbled boards
- ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...