Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good +. 422 p. Frontis illustration with tissue. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Dark green cloth binding with beveled boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edges of text block gilt, black end papers. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD+: light wear to covers and spines, spine ends a bit more worn, edges of text block darkened, book plate of David B. Ogden on inside of front covers, pages clean, bindings very tight.

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Bookseller: Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2834
Title: THE POETICAL WORKS
Author: James Russell Lowell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1887
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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....
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...