Excursions
by THOREAU, Henry D
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher blue-green "Z" cloth, spine embossed in copper foil, brown glazed endpapers; 319pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Some light shelf wear to cloth extremities, hair-line cracks to hinges, closed tear to gutter edge of front free endpaper, else a Very Good and sound copy. BAL 20111.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23567
- Title
- Excursions
- Author
- THOREAU, Henry D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1863
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Octavo
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- Shelf Wear
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- BAL
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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