The Bells
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
-
Hardwick, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1881 Sienna brown cloth-covered beveled boards with ornate gilt, silver, and black cover illustration of angel beneath a bell. Angel image framed by detailed flower, title, small framed townscape, author's name on scroll, and other decorations; gilt spine lettering and publisher's colophon; all edges gilt. Solid endpapers. Illustrations throughout, engraved by Jas. W. Lauderbach. Moderate-to-heavy rubbing to cover extremities with corners of front board and spine tips frayed. Unfortunate corresponding dents to fore edges of front and rear board about 3" from top edge. Light random scuff marks and tiny stains to cover cloth. Except for intermittent tiny foxed spots to first several pages, including title page, interior is clean, tight, and unworn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Curiosity Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14415
- Title
- The Bells
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Illustrator
- Darley, McCutcheon, Fredericks, Perkins, King, Riordan and Northam
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover/Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1881
Terms of Sale
The Curiosity Book Shop
Price includes Media Rate postage in U.S. Extra shipping costs quoted as needed. Returns within 10 days at buyer's expense; contact me first, please.
About the Seller
The Curiosity Book Shop
Biblio member since 2003
Hardwick, Massachusetts
About The Curiosity Book Shop
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Glossary
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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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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