A MORTAL ANTIPATHY: First Opening of THE NEW PORTFOLIO
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1885. First edition, second impression with prices changed on p.[2]. Green cloth beveled boards with winged urn gilt stamped on front board and blind stamped on rear board, gilt lettering on spine. Very good with light soiling, scattered foxing, spine ends and corners slightly worn. Lacking dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50585
- Title
- A MORTAL ANTIPATHY: First Opening of THE NEW PORTFOLIO
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1885
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Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...