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Catalogue of the Library of the Reverend James Warley Miles: Reprinted from the sole surviving copy of the Charleston edition of 1854, with introductory and biographical notes by George Walton Williams
by (MILES, James Warley)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1954. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, plain brown dust jacket with two modern paper labels. 33pp. Near fine/very good. Tight and lovely first of this edition, a facsimile with added materials of this early Southern auction -- fascinating and informative to "scan the shelves," so to speak, and learn what books filled the library of a well-educated man of the cloth of this era.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44705
- Title
- Catalogue of the Library of the Reverend James Warley Miles: Reprinted from the sole surviving copy of the Charleston edition of 1854, with introductory and biographical notes by George Walton Williams
- Author
- (MILES, James Warley)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Place of Publication
- Charlottesville
- Date Published
- 1954
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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