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Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1670-1870; a catalogue of a collection of American books, illustrated for the most part with woodcuts and wood engravings in the Princeton University Library
by Hamilton, Sinclair
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XLVIII + 265pp. Original full cloth with gold decoration and lettering on front board and spine. Colored endpapers. Decorated title-page. Fascinating and valuable work on early American book illustrators and wood engravers. Book profusely illustrated for the most part , with woodcuts and wood engravings. Minor rubbing on binding. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Text in English. Overall, binding in very good, interior in near fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23478
- Title
- Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1670-1870; a catalogue of a collection of American books, illustrated for the most part with woodcuts and wood engravings in the Princeton University Library
- Author
- Hamilton, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Library
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Book illustrators, Wood engravers, Early American books, Early prints, Catalogue, Reference
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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