John Lothrop Motley: A Memoir (1st Edition)
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends. Previous owner's decorative bookplate to front paste down. Else is clean and bright. Includes frontis with intact tissue guard. Literature. LIT209291.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8876
- Title
- John Lothrop Motley: A Memoir (1st Edition)
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1879
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About the Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....