LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCE : A PERSONAL RETROSPECT OF AMERICAN AUTHORSHIP [SIGNED]
by Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Hardcover. Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, light toning to spine, else clean and strong; Text block has gilt top edge, deckle edges, bookplate on front pastedown, cracked rear hinge, intermittent spine breaks, clean text; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front bookplate; viii, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w plates). 1351461. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1351461
- Title
- LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCE : A PERSONAL RETROSPECT OF AMERICAN AUTHORSHIP [SIGNED]
- Author
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
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Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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