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Letters and Social Aims (Emerson's Complete Works, Volume VIII, Riverside Edition)
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1893. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 polished brown calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, twin red morocco labels, and elaborate gilt floral tooling, marbled edges and endpapers (some darkening and wear to spine; slight staining and spotting to covers; some edgewear to boards; bumping to lower corners; minor age-toning to text margins).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00513154
- Title
- Letters and Social Aims (Emerson's Complete Works, Volume VIII, Riverside Edition)
- Author
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Philosophy, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
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