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POEMS [2 VOLUMES]
by Lowell, James Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 12mo; VG; Hardcover. Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering to spines and blind and gilt tooling to boards and turn-ins; spines sunned; some rubbing to edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spines, raised bands, and at joints. Silk endpapers; top edge of text block gilt; text blocks somewhat age-toned with small areas of damp staining at upper right corners of both text blocks; archival repair to top margin of p. 203 in vol. 2. xii, 251; vii, 254 pp. GP consignment. Shelved Room A. 1349844. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1349844
- Title
- POEMS [2 VOLUMES]
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1849
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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