Fate of the Maine
by Weems, John Edward
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. Full brown leather (hard cover), gilt titles and embossed design to front and rear boards, raised bands, silk ribbon page marker, all edges gilt, silk moire endpages. 207 pages, with Index; Illustrated. The Collector's Edition from the Leather-Bound Nautical Library. Publisher's Collector's Notes laid-in. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. Size: Octavo. Leather. Fine.
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- Books & Bidders
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003858
- Title
- Fate of the Maine
- Author
- Weems, John Edward
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- EASTON PRESS; NAUTICAL LIBRARY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books; Easton Press;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Laid-in
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