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THE CATHEDRAL.
by Lowell, James Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in the original purple cloth with beveled edges; front cover has a gilt stamped medallion design and titles, gilt stam
- Seller
-
Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Fields, Osgood & Co.,, 1870.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in the original purple cloth with beveled edges; front cover has a gilt stamped medallion design and titles, gilt stamping on spine, blind stamping on back cover. Gift inscription dated Dec 25, '69. Some rubbing to the edges and the spine (lettering on spine difficult to read). . First edition. A single long poem, nicely dedicated to the publisher, James Field ("how pleasantly the Friend may replace the Bookseller") Small engraving on the title page and as a headpiece, and engraved initial letter. Tissue guard for title page. 53 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57916
- Title
- THE CATHEDRAL.
- Author
- Lowell, James Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in the original purple cloth with beveled edges; front cover has a gilt stamped medallion design and titles, gilt stam
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1870.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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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....
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