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Folk Songs; Illustrated from Original Designs
by Palmer, John Williamson
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1867. New Edition. Full leather. Near fine. New edition of Folk Songs as edited by John Williamson Palmer, published in 1867.. Large octavo, xxxviii, [2], 596pp. Full brown leather, decorative covers with title in gilt on front. Five raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco label affixed to spine. All edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Stated "A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged" on title page. Solid text block, light wear to edges of spine and covers, a near fine example. Complete with 72 in-text illustrations and an engraving on the title page. This work includes ballads and poems from notable wordsmiths, such as Shakespeare, Tennyson, Robert Browning and Longfellow.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14518
- Title
- Folk Songs; Illustrated from Original Designs
- Author
- Palmer, John Williamson
- Illustrator
- New edition of Folk Songs as edited by John Williamson Palmer, published in 1867.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- first edition Tales Of A Wayside Inn, first edition Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first edition Longfellow
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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