The Illustrated Life of Washington (First Edition, 15 Hand Colored Plates)
by Headley, J. T
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. & F. Bill, 1859. FIRST EDITION, first printing. 15 Hand colored plates of George Washington. Full red ribbed cloth with gilt stamped decorative design and centered gilt illustration of Washington on the front cover, heavily worn with muted gilding, fraying of the cloht at the extremities, book is cocked and the spine is inexpertly laid down. Frontispiece of George Washington. Pages are age-toned and lightly foxed. No foldout plate of Mount Vernon (if it was issued with this edition). Overall a READING or BREAKING copy. Worth the money for the hand colored plates. Photos available upon request. . First Edition. Full Cloth. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009554
- Title
- The Illustrated Life of Washington (First Edition, 15 Hand Colored Plates)
- Author
- Headley, J. T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. & F. Bill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- G
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- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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