American Lands and Letters: Leather-Stocking to Poe's "Raven"
by Mitchell, Donald G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Good +. xxiv, 412 p., frontispiece portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne; many full-page and in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Beige cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt- and brown-stamped cover illustration. Top page edges gilt. Title vignette of Poe's raven; title page printed in red and black. In Good+ Condition: spine is sunned; loss of cloth at spine ends; corners are rubbed; back hinge starting; title page partially detached; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003986
- Title
- American Lands and Letters: Leather-Stocking to Poe's "Raven"
- Author
- Mitchell, Donald G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; American History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vignette
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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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....