The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Three-Quarter Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown leather. Marbled boards. Gilt on cover. Gilt on spine with raised bands. Corners bumped, edges rubbed. Marbled Endpapers. Top edge gilt. B/W frontis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 076353
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Three-Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- CAMBRIDGE EDITION
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bearly Read Books
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Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Bearly Read Books offers a selection of rare used and antiquarian books with a concentration on the classics, military and children's books.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...