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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
by Henry David Thoreau
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. Limited edition from the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. Bound in the publisher's original teal leather with raised bands to the spine ends. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. Decorated gilt stamped boards with all edges gilt. Illustrated end pages with a silk bookmark sewn into the binding. The book is in near fine, unread condition. The textblock is clean and bright, the binding is tight.
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Inventory #(K9-28).
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Inventory #(K9-28).
Synopsis
Originally published: 1849. "The definitive text as approved by the Center for Editions of American Authors of the Modern Language Association of America"--Cover, p. [4]. Includes index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3811
- Title
- A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane
- Format/Binding
- Bound in the publisher's original teal leather with raised bands to the spine ends
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition from the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American L
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1983
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ernestoic Books
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Clarence, New York
About Ernestoic Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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