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THE CONTINENT ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY MAGAZINE JULY 12 TO DECEMBER 27 1882
by Ed; Albion. W. Tournee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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VINELAND, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Our CONTINENT PUBLISHING COMAPNY. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 75" x 11.5", is bound in 3/4 Leather with stamped gilt lettering to spine over marbled paper. Book shows mild external wear. Binding is cracked at front. Pages are clean and without markings. Contents: weekly magazine "conducted by albion. W. Tournee." this magazine contains columns such as "the household," "migma," "the book-shelf," as well as book reviews, a humor section, and articles on a great variety of topics. For example 1880's offered a serial publication of helen campbell's "the what-to-do club," an address by emory college president atticus g. Haygood on "negro education," a serial publication of "tenants of an old farm" by herny c. Mccook, (with impressive butterfly/moth illustrations) , and illustrations of such tales as lady godiva and robin hood. Provenance- norman kane estate. Wt 7 lbs. .
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- poor mans books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34939
- Title
- THE CONTINENT ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY MAGAZINE JULY 12 TO DECEMBER 27 1882
- Author
- Ed; Albion. W. Tournee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Our CONTINENT PUBLISHING COMAPNY
- Date Published
- 1882
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- Magazine;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
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