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Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes. In Two Volumes
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell; John T. Morse (ed)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, 1896. First U.K. Edition. From the American sheets. Two small octavo volumes (19.5cm). Publisher's red beveled buckram boards; 356+334pp; portraits, facsimiles, and plates. Spines and board edges conspicuously sunned (but titling fully legible), else a very fresh, sound set, free of significant wear. BAL 9060 (noting that the American and English editions were issued simultaneously from the same sheets).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51796
- Title
- Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes. In Two Volumes
- Author
- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell; John T. Morse (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson, Low, Marston & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the 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...
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