New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. First Edition. First Edition. 12mo. Publisher's red cloth, with titles and rule in gilt on the front board, design and rule in blind on the rear board, no titles on the spine; all page edges gilt, reddish-brown coated endpapers. Very Good with some rubbing to the boards, slightly cocked. A very presentable copy overall.

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Bookseller: Royal Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 117239
Title: Poems (First Edition)
Author: Celia Thaxter
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hurd and Houghton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1872
Keywords: Poetry | 19th Century Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; 19th Century Literature;

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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...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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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...
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