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Billy Budd And Benito Cereno Masterpeices of American Literature: Collector's Edition
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Norwalk, Conneticut: Easton Press. As New. 1980. Hardcover. Dark blue leather covers with gilt borders, illustrations to the front & back covers. Gilt titles with raised bands to the spine. Tan silk moire endpapers with a gold ribbon marker. There is a "Masterpieces of American Literature " book plate from the previous owner, on the back of the frontispiece of Melville page. Also a blind imprint on the title page. Gold gilt page edges. Edited by Frederic Barron, corrected by Elizabeth Treeman. As New condition. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 176 pages; Box 42 .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22704
- Title
- Billy Budd And Benito Cereno Masterpeices of American Literature: Collector's Edition
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Conneticut
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Collectibles; Fiction, Classics;
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About the Seller
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Vars, Ontario
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- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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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