THE POEMS, SACRED, PASSIONATE, HUMOROUS, OF NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS
by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1854. Complete Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 352 pp. Frontispiece image of the author, protected by tissueguard. Blue cloth covers with faded gilt title and design on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed to boards, scuffing and discoloration to cover faces, joints are worn with tears near spine corners, spine is discolored, spine ends are torn and fraying. Gilt page edges. Bookplate adhered to front inside cover. Front hinge loose. Interior pages are tanned, foxing throughout, text easily legible. Book in Good- to Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8". Poetry.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007440
- Title
- THE POEMS, SACRED, PASSIONATE, HUMOROUS, OF NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS
- Author
- Willis, Nathaniel Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Clark, Austin & Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Poems, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8"
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