New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Chautauqua Edition. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear and rubbing, and bumped spine ends/corners. Binding a bit shaken, text clean. Interior lightly toned, with slight foxing. B/w engravings. Small creases to boards only visible on the endpapers. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 278 + xii pp.

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Bookseller: Albion Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002212
Title: Histories of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great
Author: Jacob Abbott
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - G+ (Good Plus)
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1880
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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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...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
G+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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....