The Deserted Village : A Poem Written by Oliver Goldsmith and Illustrated by Edwin A Abbey RA
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1902. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Professionally respined with original spine laid down, light edgewear, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover. ; Limited Edition, number 14 of 100 of De-Luxe Edition. Full red morocco binding with gilt lettering and decor, top edge gilt, stamped "Bound by Harper & Bros." Portrait frontispiece and thirty-two plates of Edwin Abbey drawings. Quite uncommon De-Luxe Edition in its leather binding of the Abbey illustrated Deserted Village. ; xvii, 120 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14474
- Title
- The Deserted Village : A Poem Written by Oliver Goldsmith and Illustrated by Edwin A Abbey RA
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Illustrator
- Edwin A Abbey illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- English Literature - Poetry, English Poetry - 18th Century, Illustrated Book, Leather Binding
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About the Seller
Mike's Library
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania
About Mike's Library
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- 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...