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The Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Prose, including Outre-Mer, Hyperion, Kavanagh, The Poets and Poetry of Europe, etc., with Life of Longfellow by Robert Cochrane
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Cochrane
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Prose, including Outre-Mer, Hyperion, Kavanagh, The Poets and Poetry of Europe, etc., with Life of Longfellow by Robert Cochrane Hardback, 1888, Excelsior Edition, published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, Edinburgh, 576 pages.
Green cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Patterning to spine and front board. Library reference number written on spine. Tears at top and bottom of spine. Boards and spine are a bit scuffed and a little marked but have retained much of their colour. Signs of shelf-wear and rubbing at edges. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding holding, though a little strained in places and substantial cracking to inner hinges, especially upper part of front one, but textblock still attached. Page edges deckled but neat. They are also a little browned. Foxing to endpapers and a little to foxing and marking throughout, with gift inscription to second front endpaper but pages generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-378
- Title
- The Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Prose, including Outre-Mer, Hyperion, Kavanagh, The Poets and Poetry of Europe, etc., with Life of Longfellow by Robert Cochrane
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Cochrane
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Excelsior Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1888
- Pages
- 576
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Biography, Longfellow
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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