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An American Four-in-Hand in Britain
by Carnegie, Andrew
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Title page dated 1885. Entertaining account of travel by coach through Britian during the Victorian period. Emerald green cloth with an equestrian front cover design, lettering and decoration in gilt and black, top edge gilt, tissue protected frontis plate. Light cover rubbing, mainly to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, text block sound but not tight (one gathering of pages loosening but still attached), pages clean, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045240
- Title
- An American Four-in-Hand in Britain
- Author
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM TRAVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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