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THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS - VOL. XIV WAYS OF NATURE (INCOMPLETE SET)
by John Burroughs
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Hardcover. Near fine. 6 x 9 in. Half black morocco with paper boards, raised spine bands and elaborate gilt spine decorations. Gilt upper text edge. Color plate and frontis photo of Burroughs. Very fine binding, unmarked. Condition is NEAR FINE ; leather supple, covers very clean, mild wear to edges. Binding tight and text spotless. Nature/Fine Bindings. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42754
- Title
- THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS - VOL. XIV WAYS OF NATURE (INCOMPLETE SET)
- Author
- John Burroughs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1905
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- Nature;
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
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