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A Library of Religious Poetry. A Collection of the Best Poems of All Ages and Tongues. With Biographical and Literary Notes
by Schaff, Philip (editors) (With Arthur Gilman.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company 1881. (Hardcover) 1004pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Brown pebble grained cloth over 3 / 4 leather with titles in gilt and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers and edges, 15 steel engraved portraits with tissue guards, indices. Wear to the spine, hinges, corners and bottom edge. (Poetry, Poetry--Religious).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156120
- Title
- A Library of Religious Poetry. A Collection of the Best Poems of All Ages and Tongues. With Biographical and Literary Notes
- Author
- Schaff, Philip (editors) (With Arthur Gilman.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead, and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Poetry, Poetry--Religious
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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