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Boston: The Place and the People (First Edition)
by Howe, M. A. De Wolfe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
The Macmillan Co, N Y, 1912-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. The MacMillan Company (Norwood Press); New York, 1912. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Very Good, brown binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, moderate handling/rub marks to board/spine edges/joints and boards, small rub mark bottom text block corner, mild spine lean, cracked front hinge and starting rear hinge, small bookstore sticker bottom front free endpaper, ink date top rear pastedown else unmarked, bit of age toning to pages, few uncut pages at fore-edge, 3 inch tear bottom title page, 1 inch tear mid page 397, small abrasions to board corners, without Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 397pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1030183
- Title
- Boston: The Place and the People (First Edition)
- Author
- Howe, M. A. De Wolfe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co, N Y
- Date Published
- 1912-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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