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City Ballads

City Ballads

City Ballads

City Ballads

by Carleton, Will

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

NY: Harper, 1886. Hardcover. Published NY: Harper, 1886. 4to., 6 7/8" x 9 1/8." 180pp. plus 4pp. publishers ads, many illustrations. Illus. by W. A. Rogers, Thomas Nast, W. T. Smedley, R. S. Church, C. Graham, A. B. Frost. Embossed blue cloth with gilt stamping, black and gray decorations over beveled boards, brown end papers. Slight wear at the crown and heel, few soiling spots to rear cover, light finger soiling to margins of some pages, erasure rubbing on front e.p. A tight, solid copy. Very good minus. . Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 4to. Illus.

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Bookseller
The Wild Muse US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000715
Title
City Ballads
Author
Carleton, Will
Format/Binding
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Minus
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Harper
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1886
Keywords
CARLETON WILL CITY BALLADS POETRY
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Poetry;

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Beveled
Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
E.P.
The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Heel
The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.

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