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Christmas Carols and Midsummer Songs
by American Poets
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: D. Lothrop & Co., 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co., 1881. First Edition. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Dark Maroon cloth boards almost black with bright gilt lettering on cover and spine. Beveled edges. Light wear at top and bottom of spine. Cloth boards are clean, with a few very light scratches to boards. Gilt top page edges. Clean decorated endpapers. Contemporary previous owner name on interior blank page with date 1889. Pages have a few small spots.70 pgs. Rear hinge has a small bit of cracking to paper only. Signatures starting to loosen. Frontis illustration with tissue guard, lovely illustrations throughout. A really charming and attractive old book of beautiful songs, poems and illustrationsAntiquarian..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008503
- Title
- Christmas Carols and Midsummer Songs
- Author
- American Poets
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- D. Lothrop & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS CAROLS SONGS POETRY LYRICS CHILDREN'S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music; Antiquarian; Poetry;
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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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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