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Selections of Juvenile and Miscellaneous Poems, Written or Translated by . . .
by Park, Roswell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co., 1836. First edition. Cloth sunned and a bit spotted, label somewhat rubbed; some light foxing; in good to very good condition. 12mo (7.38 x 4.75 inches), original patterned rose cloth, gilt lettered leather spine label, 153, [1] pages. Many of these examples of youthful verses were written while the author was a student at West Point (including an anecdote of a classmate with a dislocated jaw), where he graduated in 1831.
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- Bookseller
- Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21213
- Title
- Selections of Juvenile and Miscellaneous Poems, Written or Translated by . . .
- Author
- Park, Roswell
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Desilver, Thomas & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1836
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Trade Binding;
Terms of Sale
Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
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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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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