Fresh Fields
by Burroughs, John (1837-1921)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1902. Attractively bound copy from 1902 of this work by noted naturalist John Burroughs. Three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, slightly raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments in a botanical design, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, marbled endpapers, black and white frontis plate, 284 pages. Edges lightly rubbed, spine a bit darkened, superficial crack to front joint, covers firmly attached, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020970
- Title
- Fresh Fields
- Author
- Burroughs, John (1837-1921)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NATURALIST ESSAYS JOHN BURROUGHS ENGLAND NATURE NATURAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature;
Terms of Sale
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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
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- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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