The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley - Volume VIII - Poems Here at Home
by James Whitcomb Riley
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900 Book. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Homestead Edition of the works of the American writer, poet, and best-selling author, known as the "Hoosier Poet", bound with brown suede spine over brown cloth covered boards with gilt border and design to top board. Top edges gilt, rest untrimmed. Slight rubbing to corners, otherwise good plus copy with no inscriptions..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014553
- Title
- The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley - Volume VIII - Poems Here at Home
- Author
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...