Songs of Three Centuries
by Whittier, John Greenleaf [editor]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890. 1890 revised edition. Selections of poetry by various authors illustrated with full page engravings, text pages bordered in red. Exceptional Art Nouveau binding in celery green cloth lettered and elaborately decorated with an interlocking floral design in gilt. Very light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with no names or other markings. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033326
- Title
- Songs of Three Centuries
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ART NOUVEAU BINDING POEMS POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...