The Service
by Henry David Thoreau; F. B. Sanborn [editor]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1902. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 25 x 15 cm. xi (3) 31pp. Bound in grey boards with paper title label to spine. Limited to 20 copies printed on Japan paper by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, this being copy number 20 and is signed by the publisher, C. E. Goodspeed. Some soiling ot the top of the boards. Some rubbing to the spine label. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Rubbing to corners of the boards. Believed to have been written around 1840, the essay was not published for the first time until after Thoreau's death.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59011
- Title
- The Service
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau; F. B. Sanborn [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited ed
- Publisher
- Charles E. Goodspeed
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1902
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA-VBF Philosophy - 10193 Press Books, Fine & Private - 10198
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...