The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Including the Biglow Papers with Prefatory Memoir, Notes, Glossary, etc. (Series: Albion Edition; Includes Biglow Papers.)
by Lowell, James Russell
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co. [no date], Albion edition. (Leather binding) 519pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Tree calf leather with gilt decorations to the covers, raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. All edges art-gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, indices, ribbon bookmark. There is a previous bookseller's discreet sticker on the rear endpaper. "James Russell Lowell was born on the 22nd of February 1819, at cambirdge, Massachusetts. He was descended on the father's side from a family of English gentlemen, one of whom, Percival Lowell, emigrated to America in 1639, and died at Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1665. The Lowells prospered" - from the Prefatory Memoir. Includes The Biglow Papers. Series: Albion Edition. (Poetry, Fine Bindings, Poetry).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154284
- Title
- The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Including the Biglow Papers with Prefatory Memoir, Notes, Glossary, etc. (Series: Albion Edition; Includes Biglow Papers.)
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Poetry, Fine Bindings, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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- 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....
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...