At Sundown
by WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1892. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. A first trade edition (following a small, privately distributed issuance) of this collection of poems by the noted American anti-slavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). With black & white illustrations by E. H. Garrett, including a tissue-protected frontis portrait of the author. --- In ivory cloth-covered boards with fillets, decorations and titling in gilt to cover and spine; top edge gilt. --- A tightly-bound, sound copy but with a little age-toning to covers & spine.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); 70 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82516
- Title
- At Sundown
- Author
- WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1892
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...