The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell (Beautiful Leather Binding)
by Campbell, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1859. Original full brown morocco leather binding with stamped decorative deisgn on the front & back covers. Raised bands with decorative design centered in each compartment gilt lettering on the spine, front & rear covers. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's name on the front flyleaf. Moderate frontispiece plate of Campbell. Heavy foxing to the tissueguard. The text is clean and clear of foxing. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request.. Full Morocco Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022695
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell (Beautiful Leather Binding)
- Author
- Campbell, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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