NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine darkened.. 1903. Hardcover. vi, 419pp+[2]pp of publisher's ads. Blue cloth spine with tan buckram spine. Top edges gilt. Many photos. Portraits of William Morris, Robert Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron, Joseph Addison, Robert Burns, John Milton, Samuel Johnson, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Benjamin Disraeli. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 41760
Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of the English Authors
Author: Hubbard, Elbert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine darkened.
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1903
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Literary Biographies, Roycroft, Roycrofters
Bookseller catalogs: Literary Biography;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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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...
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...