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Poems
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1943. Reprint. 484 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth. Minor tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Moderate tanning to text block edges and pencil inscription to frontis. Boards have visible sunning and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible sunning to spine as well. Unclipped jacket with large tear to rear and areas of loss to spine and front, top edge. Visible rubbing to jacket and fair sunning to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623909953ADA
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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