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Country Sketches for City Dwellers
by Rawnsley, Mrs. Willingham
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. First edition, 1908. With 16 tissue-protected color plates of English country scenes. Green cloth printed in gilt and dark green, top edge gilt. Good to very good condition with very slight fading to the spine, lettering and decoration bright and clear, front hinge internally cracked but secure, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041248
- Title
- Country Sketches for City Dwellers
- Author
- Rawnsley, Mrs. Willingham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- COLOR ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature; Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
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.
Glossary
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- 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,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
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