The Deserted Village
by Goldsmith, Oliver. Illustrated By Hammatt Billings
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1880. Undated, ca. 1880. Worn but attractive Victorian copy of Goldsmith's famous poem with well-made engravings throughout the text. Off white boards lettered and decorated in gilt, silver gilt and black, off white cloth spine, 46 pages. Covers soiled and rubbed, but with decorative design on the front in very good condition with bright gilt, hinges intact at the endpapers but with pages loosening a bit from the binding (not detached), with the binding visible at a few points, and with a few signs of attempted unsuccessful repairs. Pages very clean with no names or other markings, no chips or tears. A nice but worn copy of a lovely Victorian item.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004126
- Title
- The Deserted Village
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver. Illustrated By Hammatt Billings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Porter and Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- VICTORIAN POEMS POETRY CLASSIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.