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Verse and Prose
by Eugene Field
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1917. Early Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. EUGENE FIELD. Verse and Prose, Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1917. Quarto, pp. ix, 64, blue cloth boards half-bound in vellum with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, slipcased, illustrated with photos and manuscript facsimiles, introduction by William P. Trent. BAL 5800: "Reprint save for the following: 'Oh, London is a Fine Town' and certain other scraps and trifles." Condition of this book: Near fine with a sunned spine that has a small spot. Slipcase worn but fully functional. Size: Octavo (staQuartondard book size). 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; United States; 1900-1920; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54996. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54996
- Title
- Verse and Prose
- Author
- Eugene Field
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (in Slipcase)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bibliophile Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Poetry; United States; 1900-1920; Literature & Literary. Eugene Field Verse and Prose
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Warwick, New York
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Glossary
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- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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