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Catalogue of First Editions of Stephen C. Foster (1826 -1864)
by WHITTLESEY, Walter R.; SONNECK, O.G
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1915. Hardcover. A catalog of first editions of compositions by Pittsburgh song writer Stephen C. Foster. Known as "the father of American music", Foster wrote such standards as "My Old Kentucky Home", "Oh, Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" and many others. Song titles, brief descriptions, and publisher information included for each listed song. --- In corrugated maroon cloth-covered boards. --- An ex-library copy, with plenty of rubberstampings (including those indicating de-accession) and call number sticker to cover. Also with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, and newsclip article about Mr. Foster taped to inside front of volume. With partial split near front of volume, chafing to cover edges and with tears to a few leaves, else a stable, intact copy.; Ex-Library; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 79 pages .
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- Seller
- Bluebird Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 73604
- Title
- Catalogue of First Editions of Stephen C. Foster (1826 -1864)
- Author
- WHITTLESEY, Walter R.; SONNECK, O.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Library of Congress, Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1915
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Bookplate
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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