Passages from the American Note-Books [Volume VIII, The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, with Introductory Notes by George Parsons Lathrop in Twelve Volumes (Riverside Edition)]
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bath, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press. Riverside Edition. Brown textured cloth with leather title plate with gilt writing, top edges of pages gilt, top of spine pulled, covers and title plate on spine lightly rubbed, bottom of spine slightly chipped, brown end papers, pages tanning at edges, text block tight, front and back hinges have wide gutters but still well attached, though front hinge cracking, pages good+ . . Good. Hardcover. 1884.
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- Bookseller
- Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 098247
- Title
- Passages from the American Note-Books [Volume VIII, The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, with Introductory Notes by George Parsons Lathrop in Twelve Volumes (Riverside Edition)]
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston / Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- American literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
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About the Seller
Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
Biblio member since 2013
Bath, Maine
About Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
We got started selling online as Vintage Quaker Books in 2013 and opened a storefront under the name The Corner Bookshop in 2020. Vintage Quaker Books sells books by, for, and about Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) and a variety of other Christian books. The Corner Bookshop is a general used bookstore located in a cozy basement under/behind the main shopping street of Front Street in Bath, Maine.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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