KAVANAGH. A TALE
by Longfellow, Henry W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
-
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 2nd Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Ticknor, Reed and Fields. 1849. 2nd printing. 188pp. Hardcover. Brown embossed boards lightly rubbed, soiled and shelfworn along edges, spine ends, and edge points. Gilt on front cover and spine strip still bright. All edges gilt. Internally, yellow end pages lightly soiled and age toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures, with light foxing scattered throughout. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good copy. *Bal:12096
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24943
- Title
- KAVANAGH. A TALE
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry W
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston:Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; HENRY W. LONGFELLOW; PROSE;
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
Biblio member since 2016
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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.
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...
- 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...