German Life & Manners as seen in Saxony at the Present Day with an Account of Village Life - Town Life - Fashionable Life - Domestic Life - Married Life - School and University Life - Etc., of Germany at the Present Time
by Mayhew, Henry
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Wm. H. Allen & Co, 1865. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. xii, 452 pp. Front board missing. Back board is 3/4 red leather over marbled board. With marbled endpapers. Illustrated with songs and pictures of the student customs at the University of Jena. Spine with raised bands and gilt decoration. Hinge on back cover loose, but still attached. Corners bumped. Some edge wear. Some scuffing to cover. With wear, in fair condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9453
- Title
- German Life & Manners as seen in Saxony at the Present Day with an Account of Village Life - Town Life - Fashionable Life - Domestic Life - Married Life - School and University Life - Etc., of Germany at the Present Time
- Author
- Mayhew, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wm. H. Allen & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- University of Jena, German history, German social customs, 19th century German life, Saxony, Saxon history, Thuringian, Martin Luther
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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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- 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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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