The Collegian. In Six Numbers
by [HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, CONTRIBUTOR]
- Used
- Condition
- Binding a little faded and worn; some foxing; very good copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Published by Hilliard and Brown, 1830, 1830. First editions. Currier & Tilton, Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes, pages 14-17; Sabin 14407.; OCLC records nine copies. Binding a little faded and worn; some foxing; very good copy.. Six numbers [all published] in one volume, small quarto, original purple pebbled cloth, brown leather spine label, gilt lettering. A complete run of a rare Harvard undergraduate literary magazine that contains 22 poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of his first substantial contributions to a publication of any kind. 15 of the poems were not reprinted again until 1975. The other contributions include essays, sketches, poetry and reviews by a host of Harvard students, including Epes Sargent and John Lothrop Motley.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26947
- Title
- The Collegian. In Six Numbers
- Author
- [HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, CONTRIBUTOR]
- Format/Binding
- Currier & Tilton, Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes, pages 14-17; Sabin 14407.; OCLC records nine copies
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding a little faded and worn; some foxing; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First editions
- Publisher
- Cambridge: Published by Hilliard and Brown, 1830
- Date Published
- 1830
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Cloth
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