The Eastern Yacht Club Ditty Box 1870-1900
by Foster, Charles H. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Norwood, Mass: Privately Printed by the Plimpton Press, 1932. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8 vo, xix, 317 pp. Map endpapers. 247 pp. of text with 70 pages of photographic plates. Gift inscription ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers show very slight edge wear, small spot of soiling bottom front cover. Book condition VG+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DQ5505
- Title
- The Eastern Yacht Club Ditty Box 1870-1900
- Author
- Foster, Charles H. W
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed by the Plimpton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwood, Mass
- Date Published
- 1932
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- History;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....