Reveries of a Bachelor, or a Book of the Heart.
by Ik. Marvel [Donald Grant Mitchell]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY A.L. Burt, Publisher, 1850. Hardcover Reprint Edition. Very Good: shows moderate wear to extremities with board showing through marbling in places; tiny chips at head and heel of backstrip; slight spine lean; mild rubbing; former owner's tasteful bookplate at front pastedown endpaper. Binding secure; text clean, but six pages show a quarter sized stain at the outside margin. Despite noted flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. x, 337pp. 2 pages advertising bound in. Three-Quarter Leather, Marbled Boards. Decorated Endpapers. Gilt titles. Pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell. Reprint Edition. Hardback: Three Quarter Leather.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 33900
- Title
- Reveries of a Bachelor, or a Book of the Heart.
- Author
- Ik. Marvel [Donald Grant Mitchell]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition.
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt, Publisher,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1850.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Prose & Criticism; Literature; Victorian Age; English Literature; Belles Lettres; Classic English Literature;
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 12mo
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- Remainder
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.