Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. 86+pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Normal shelf wear. Spine a bit sunned. Previous owner's names on front blank endpaper. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of John G. Whittier.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20795LITP
Title: BAY OF SEVEN ISLANDS, AND OTHER POEMS
Author: Whittier, John Greenleaf
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good-
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1883
Keywords: LITERATURE POETRY POEMS BAY SEVEN ISLANDS POETS WHITTIER JOHN GREENLEAF 1807 1892 POETIC WORKS POETICAL WORKS LITERARY WORKS
Bookseller catalogs: Literature/Poetry;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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...
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....
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...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...