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Living Thoughts in Words That Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist. A Vast Collection of Choice Literature of All Ages, Gathered from the World's Greatest Libraries
by Dale, Daphne
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and Chicago: Elliott & Beezley, 1892. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards rubbed, hinges starting, some pages soiled, ink gift note on frontispiece recto. 1892 Large Hardcover. 382 pp. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated with fine steel plate and wood engravings; color frontispiece. Authors include: William Shakespeare; Robert Bulwer Lytton; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Victor Hugo; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Sir Walter Scott; Thomas Carlyle; Charles Lamb; Lord Byron; John Keats; Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Washington Irving; Charles Dickens; Robert Burns; Elizabeth B. Browning; Samuel Johnson; Homer; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Sir Walter Scott; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Hans Christian Anderson [Andersen]; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Alfred Tennyson; and many more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2327812
- Title
- Living Thoughts in Words That Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist. A Vast Collection of Choice Literature of All Ages, Gathered from the World's Greatest Libraries
- Author
- Dale, Daphne
- Format/Binding
- Large Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elliott & Beezley
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and Chicago
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 3.69 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY LITERATURE
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
Biblio member since 2005
Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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.,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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