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Friendship's Offering, a Literary Album
by Hervey, Thomas K. (editor)
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Lupton Relfe, 1826. 12mo. 398pp., frontispiece, engraved title page and regular title page, 12 other full page engravings, bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, two raised black morocco spine labels gilt, two other compartments gilt decorated, all edges gilt, coated yellow endpapers. Contains several stanzas by other known writers; A stanza by Lord Byron given to the author by Washington Irving, a few unpublished poems by Thomson author of The Seasons, and others. A very nice clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015807
- Title
- Friendship's Offering, a Literary Album
- Author
- Hervey, Thomas K. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lupton Relfe
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Keywords
- Poems Poetry a the Child's Last Sleep Death of the Child
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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