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SONGS OF LABOR AND OTHER POEMS
by Whittier, John G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor. Reed and Fields. Good. 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Two leaves of ads dated May 1850 inserted prior to front end paper. Interior of text is tight clean and intact. BAL lists 1000 copies. Spine ends are rubbed and starting. Pin holes in gutter. A few flecks of foxing. Poetry; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17673
- Title
- SONGS OF LABOR AND OTHER POEMS
- Author
- Whittier, John G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor. Reed and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1850
- 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.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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