THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH AND OTHER POEMS
by Longfellow, H. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Kent & Co.. Very Good+. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. True first edition, preface and advertisements are dated 1858. Bound in clean purple embossed cloth with bright gilt title on spine. (xii) 227pp + 40pp of W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue. Pictorial frontispiece. Very nice copy, Historical Poetry, Poetry ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 227 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16530
- Title
- THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH AND OTHER POEMS
- Author
- Longfellow, H. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Kent & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- 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...
- 12mo
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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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