Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 201 pages. 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. Brown cloth binding, gilt lettering, beveled edges. Condition of the book is GOOD: heavy wear and soiling to covers and spine- top spine end worn away, spine faded, light water stains to covers, edges of text block lightly darkened, end papers foxed, pages clean, binding fine, book plate of previous owner on inside of front cover. Poetry, RGR.

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Bookseller: Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5419
Title: THREE BOOKS OF SONG
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1872
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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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...
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...
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....
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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....
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.,...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...