The guardian angel
de HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original burgundy cloth, ruled in blind, title, author and publisher's device in gilt to spine, covers a bit worn, spine sunned. With the morocco bookplate of Alfred Sutro as well as a small bookseller's label to front paste-down. First American edition. All but the last six chapters of The guardian angel appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, as Holmes had them printed in Canada. Why Canada? In order to gain British copyright over them, so he could thwart the plans of the London printing company Ward, Lock & Tyler to print his book without paying him a cent. BAL, 8857; C&T, p. 129.
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- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
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- 12291
- Título
- The guardian angel
- Autor
- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Estado del libro
- Usado
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- 1
- Edición
- FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
- Editorial
- Ticknor and Fields
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1867
- Palabras clave
- literature, poetry
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- BAL
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