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The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Unjacketed
- Seller
-
Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1884 hardcover as pictured. A handsome edition and a beautiful addition to any bookshelf. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with beveled edges and black with gold stamping show some wear at head and tail of spine and at corners. Brown endpapers. Gilt edge of text block. Text, in double column format, is lightly tanned. Pages 118-119 are discolored from a newspaper clipping which remains in the book. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD3
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3043
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author
- John Greenleaf Whittier
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin - The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Pages
- 326
- Size
- 6x9.5
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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