Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life [And] Fruits of a Father's Love, And, His Letter to His Wife and Children, Written a Little before His Voyage to America
by Penn, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Samuel Wood. Very Good. 1813. Leather. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 218 pages; 1813 Samuel Wood, NY. Small format 16mo soundly bound in full marbled calf with red morocco title label tooled in gilt at spine. Leather rubbed at edges; endpages toned. Prior ownership of an Eliza Pournall penned to front endpage. Contents bright and clean; binding sound and neat. Two pages of publisher ads at rear. VG .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53805
- Title
- Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life [And] Fruits of a Father's Love, And, His Letter to His Wife and Children, Written a Little before His Voyage to America
- Author
- Penn, William
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Samuel Wood
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1813
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...