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Cambridge: Hillard and Metcalf, 1823. Fair condition with much of the spine gone, boards almost detached, and a book plate has been removed from the front pastedown Housed in a box with leather spine First edition While Bancroft is best known as a historian, this is his first book and his only volume of poetry With signature of Caleb Cushing on the front free end paper- a wonderful association as Cushing and Bancroft graduated from Harvard together in 1817 Scarce with no other copies currently available [iv], [1]-77 pp pp.
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- Bookseller
- De Wolfe and Wood (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 389
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Bancroft, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hillard and Metcalf
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1823
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alfred, Maine
About De Wolfe and Wood
Founded in 1993 De Wolfe and Wood RareBooks is located in the small Maine town of Alfred. We have have an open shop and stock books, ephemera and antiques.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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