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The Question of Our Speech; The Lesson of Balzac: Two Lectures
by Henry James
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. Very Good. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First Edition, limited issue of 300 copies with "First Edition" printed on paper spine label and limitation notice to copyright page. Octavo. 116 pp. Latter 2/3 of pages unopened. Dark gray paper-covered boards with tan cloth spine and paper spine label. Published simultaneously with the trade edition.
Light rubbing and toning along edges and faint traces of dampstaining along bottom edge. Light chipping to edges of spine paper label. Binding is sound. Many pages unopened and otherwise pages clean and unmarked.
[Edel & Laurence A61.b].
Light rubbing and toning along edges and faint traces of dampstaining along bottom edge. Light chipping to edges of spine paper label. Binding is sound. Many pages unopened and otherwise pages clean and unmarked.
[Edel & Laurence A61.b].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11921
- Title
- The Question of Our Speech; The Lesson of Balzac: Two Lectures
- Author
- Henry James
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1905
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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