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Friendship's Offering, And Winter's Wreath; A Christmas And New Year's Present For MDCCCXLIII
by Philadelphia. E.H. Butler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. decorated cloth. Aeg. Near fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
1843: E.H. Butler, Philadelphia. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated cloth. Aeg. Near fine. 320 pages. 16 x 11 cm. Half title, frontispiece and host of full page black and white steel engraved plates with tissue guards. Scattered, intermittent foxing, mostly marginal, yellow endpapers. Covers and spine decorated in gilt and blind with spine in gilt arabesques and slightly faded.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23332
- Title
- Friendship's Offering, And Winter's Wreath; A Christmas And New Year's Present For MDCCCXLIII
- Author
- Philadelphia. E.H. Butler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. decorated cloth. Aeg. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- E.H. Butler
- Place of Publication
- 1843
- Date Published
- Philadelphia
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Women; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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Glossary
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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