Henry Ward Beecher: A Sketch of His Career
by Abbott, Lyman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883. First Edition. HB. Beveled brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, 8vo, 604 pp. Frontis portrait of Beecher. Front end paper, frontis portrait and title page detached but present, no marks in book, binding solid. Covers show light edge wear, 1/2' tear to cloth top rear joint. Book condition Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FD6206
- Title
- Henry Ward Beecher: A Sketch of His Career
- Author
- Abbott, Lyman
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1883
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
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
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...