The New - England Tragedies
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
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SGD 172.34SGD 137.87
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth with embossed gilt tiles design to the front and gilt tiles/ publisher emblem to the spine. 179 pp. Publisher emblem on title page with matching dates on title page and copyright page. Type not battered on page 12 ( Isaiah) nor page ( Upsall). This copy is VG. Exterior is rich .Front gilt is bright. Spine and gilt modestly faded. Dime sized stain on rear cover. Top/bottom of spine have modest wear. edges and tips only minimal. Dark brown EPs Neat PO signature at top of title page, Faded script on front paste down and faint pencilled numbers on FEP. Front paste down starting to crack away from the hinge. Text is clean, unmarked and tightly bound with minimal toning..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001529
- Title
- The New - England Tragedies
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1868
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Bailey Bonzo Books
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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