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Transatlantic Sketches
by James, Henry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original rust-brown, terra-cotta cloth with blind stamped borders to covers and gilt titles on spine, some minor rubbing at edge
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Edition, (presumed) later state of the binding. 401 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original rust-brown, terra-cotta cloth with blind stamped borders to covers and gilt titles on spine, some minor rubbing at edges, slight dampstaining to front and light dust soiling, foxing on endpapers and light dampstaining on bottom pastedown, else a very good copy of the author's scarce second book. First Edition, (presumed) later state of the binding. 401 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First binding state with "James R. Osgood and Company" on spine. Published the same year as A Passionate Pilgrim, copies of this first impression (1500 copies per Edel and Laurence, or 1578 per Blanck) were bound up later with the "Houghton, Mifflin" spine imprint; Edel doesn't even mention this variant, with "Houghton, Osgood, & Co." at the foot of the spine. Blanck, however, poses the question: "Query: Also bound with the Houghton, Osgood & Company spine imprint?" This copy fairly answers that question. The cloth color is a rust, or terra-cotta; other copies were bound in purple or green, without priority. BAL 10530; Edel A2
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 353463
- Title
- Transatlantic Sketches
- Author
- James, Henry
- Format/Binding
- 401 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original rust-brown, terra-cotta cloth with blind stamped borders to covers and gilt titles on spine, some minor rubbing at edge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, (presumed) later state of the binding
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- British | American | Henry James
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- First Edition
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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...
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- 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...
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