THE SEASONS BY JAMES THOMSON. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY ROBERT HERON
by Thomson, Jame, Robert Heron
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Printed for T. B. Janson By Nichols. Very Good. 1803. Hardcover. Lovely miniature copy illustrated with portrait frontispiece, 6 engravings, and 7 tail piece vignettes.Full leather, gilt decorated spine panels, and covers with gilt borders. Interior is tight, clean & intact. Life of Thomson (1-60pp). The Seasons )61-255pp). Pencil inscription from mother to son. Small spine head chip or else VG+. Poetry; Engravings; Thick 48mo 3½" - 4" tall; 255 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16740
- Title
- THE SEASONS BY JAMES THOMSON. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY ROBERT HERON
- Author
- Thomson, Jame, Robert Heron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Printed for T. B. Janson By Nichols
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1803
- Keywords
- Poetry Miniature Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- 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...