New York: Tudor Publishing Co., c1927. Reprint of 1941. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and front board and with decorated end papers. A small quarto measuring 11" by 8" with two prior owner's names in pencil on the verso of the fly title page. Without its issued dust jacket. 464 pages including an index of historic houses listed by location, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB27429
Title: Historic Houses of Early America
Author: Lathrop, Elise
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Reprint of 1941
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tudor Publishing Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: c1927

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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....
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...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...