The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: With Notices of His Life and Genius by N.P. Willis, J.R. Lowell, and R.W. Griswold (Two Volume Set)
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
J.S. Redfield. Used - Acceptable. 1850. Decorated cloth. 8vo Two volume set. 483 pp, 495 pp. Significant shelf wear and some scuffing to boards, severe wear and chipping to spines (portions torn away), with apparent moisture damage to spine of volume one. Binding cracked at hinges of both volumes, with front board of first volume and back board of second volume detached but present, front board of second volume loose, and back board of volume one all but detached. Heavy foxing, dampstains, and toning to pages. Altogether a useful working copy. (Subject: Literature.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q09822
- Title
- The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: With Notices of His Life and Genius by N.P. Willis, J.R. Lowell, and R.W. Griswold (Two Volume Set)
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.S. Redfield
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Shelf Wear
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- Acceptable
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