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Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Two Volumes, Volume 1 & 2
by Morse, John T. Jr
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Two volume set, illustrated with black and white plates, some tissue protected. Volumes XIV and XV of Holmes's Works. Mostly biography with most of the existing letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Blue cloth binding with burgundy title blocks on spine and gilt titles and borders on spine, gilt top edge, blue end papers. Some light edge wear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, a few scratches on covers with some spotting, wear to title blocks with some chipping and some damage to titles, former owner's bookplates on front fixed end papers, a little spotting of end papers, light tanning of interior pages, bindings tight, except one piece of tissue detached and laid in.
Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.
Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00931
- Title
- Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Two Volumes, Volume 1 & 2
- Author
- Morse, John T. Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not stated
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- biography, correspondence, history, poets, authors,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- New
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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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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