The Biglow Papers
by James Russell Lowell, edited by Ernest Rhys
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Walter Scott Publishing Company. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. Undated The Scott Library hardback edition, circa 1890, with no jacket. In overall good to very used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original green cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to front panel, are rubbed to edges and faintly marked. Binding tight and appears little read - some pages remain uncut, no annotations or inscriptions - name to ffep dated 1904; upper page-ends gilt but slightly dust-dulled, other page-ends toned, text clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130205
- Title
- The Biglow Papers
- Author
- James Russell Lowell, edited by Ernest Rhys
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Walter Scott Publishing Company
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Journalism, Media and Current Affaits; Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
Hall of Books
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Oswestry, Shropshire
About Hall of Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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