Editore: Harper & Brothers Franklin square, NY, 1865
Da: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1865 on Title Pg, & 1861 ON COPYRIGHT PG. , VG/GOOD, AS-IS, NO JACKET ,CLEAR TAPE TO REINFORDCE OUTSIDE SPINE BK & BACK INSIDE ENDPAPERS, 540pp; b/w illustrations; foxing / faint stains on a few pages, previous owner name on front ep; marbled edges; binding shaken; 7.25 tall; crack to spine with gilt lettering; chipping to edges & tears to gutters of black leather back strip; heavy wear to edges of black cover with boards showingFEW DOG EARED PG, Alphabetical List of writers in back, A Dream & its Explanation, Elocution, ANCIENT HISTORYHERPETOLOGY OR REPTILES, Ichthyology or Fishes, Chemistry of a Candle, ILLUSTRATED IN B/W, Health of Brain, Ruins of Coliseum in Rome, Chemistry of Cataracts, Vision of Moses, , ETC.
Editore: Harper & Brothers Franklin square, NY, 1863
Da: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1863 on Title Pg, & 1861 ON COPYRIGHT PG, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NO JACKET, Spine has been replaced with new leather . Measures approximately 7.5 x 5-inches; , BLACK CLOTH with few stains edge wear , some Interior fox & stainsa very early, rare, illustrated appearance of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," marked by Purple sewn in ribbon bkmark in addition to excepts from Dickens, Darwin, Coleridge, Emerson, and myriad others. It also includes an early appearance of Poe's classic, "The Bells". The book was published by Harper and Brothers, New York, in their "Harper's School and Family Series" as a "reader", which is designed to round out a student's exposure to a variety of different types of prose. Stained endpages have new acid-free hinges. Added placeholding ribbon. Light foxing throughout. A few dog-ears and light stains. Binding is very tight and square. Text and illustrations are very bright and crisp. 539 pages, indexed. Ichthyology or Fishes, Chemistry of a Candle, ILLUSTRATED IN B/W, Health of Brain, Ruins of Coliseum in Rome, Chemistry of Cataracts, Vision of Moses, , ETC.