Sketches in Prose
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis : The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on two tone green covers. Top edge gilt. 12mo size, 263 pages. Ex-library bookplate on the inside of the front cover & ref No. on the lower spine. Light rubbing to the spine ends. (I've observed that ex-library copies are often in great condition!)
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Details
- Seller
- NWJBOOKS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 91373
- Title
- Sketches in Prose
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Co.
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- poetry
Terms of Sale
NWJBOOKS
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
NWJBOOKS
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About NWJBOOKS
Specializing in signed, rare and out of print books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.