THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES R. LOWELL [2 VOLUMES]
by Lowell, James Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. Hardcover. Two volumes. 32mo; VG; Hardcover. Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering to spines and blind and gilt tooling to boards and turn-ins; spines sunned; some rubbing to edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spines, raised bands, and at joints. Silk endpapers; top edge of text block gilt; text blocks somewhat age-toned and slightly foxed; pencil ownership inscription on a front endpaper of each volume; with small areas of damp staining at upper right corner of both text blocks; original spines preserved and pasted to a rear endpage of each volume. ix, 315; xi, 322 pp. GP consignment. Shelved Room A. 1349840. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1349840
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES R. LOWELL [2 VOLUMES]
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1858
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Text Block
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- New
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Edges
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