OLD PORTRAITS AND MODERN SKETCHES: PERSONAL SKETCHES AND TRIBUTES: HISTORICAL PAPERS (VOL 6 - INCOMPLETE SET)
by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 8 in. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Vol 6 of set only. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners bumped with wear to edges, spine ends have somne tiny tears. Covers toned and rubbed with a few minor spots. Spine gilt very hard to read. Binding tight with front inner hinge just starting. Text clean with water stain at sides of endpapers and title pg. Memoir. Stax.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11555
- Title
- OLD PORTRAITS AND MODERN SKETCHES: PERSONAL SKETCHES AND TRIBUTES: HISTORICAL PAPERS (VOL 6 - INCOMPLETE SET)
- Author
- John Greenleaf Whittier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1889
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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