Oxford Edition: The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
by John Greenleaf Whittier: Edited by W. Garrett Horder with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Ryde, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, Toronto & Melourne: Henry Froude: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1910. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece portrait of John Greenleaf Whittier. Book is a reprint of Cambridge edition issued in 1894 by Houghton, Miffin & Co. Ltd. Firmly bound faded maroon cloth boards with gilt titles and top closed page edges. Some rubbing to spine edges. Mostly clean inside with handling wear and marks including browning on end papers and tanned closed page edges. Name of previous owner inside.
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- Bookseller
- Ryde Bookshop Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044007
- Title
- Oxford Edition: The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author
- John Greenleaf Whittier: Edited by W. Garrett Horder with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece portrait of John Greenleaf Whittier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Henry Froude: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, Toronto & Melourne
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- POETRY
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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Ryde Bookshop Limited
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Ryde, Isle of Wight
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Spine
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