An American Four-In-Hand in Britain
by Andrew Carnegie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons. Used - Very Good. 1883. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth with gilt dec. B&W frontispiece. Light chipping to head and tail of spine. Some wear to corners. Spine is lightly sunned. Text block toned. Else clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: History).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S85740
- Title
- An American Four-In-Hand in Britain
- Author
- Andrew Carnegie
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
Terms of Sale
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
About Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Used, rare and out-of-print titles, specializing in academic and scholarly books. Independent bookstores in Chicago since 1970
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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...