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The Biglow Papers
by Lowell, James Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Trubner & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1861. Third Edition. Hardcover. "Third English Edition, Reprinted, with the Author's Sanction, from the Last American Edition". Lxviii, 140 pages. Original blindstamped green cloth covers with gilt titles on spine. Dimensions: 7 3/8" by 5 3/8". Gutters intact at endpapers. Some offsetting to endpapers. Owner's signature on title page. Dust stains to top page edges and cloth covers. Moderate rubbing to edges of boards and spine, without any tears or fraying to the cloth. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003913
- Title
- The Biglow Papers
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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....
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