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The Lady of the Aroostook
by Howells, W.D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ex-Library
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Hardcover with black and gilt stamped orange cloth boards, 1880, octavo, 326pp., not illustrated. Book ex-library with only indication being a small stamp to rear pastedown; otherwise staining and rubbing to boards, binding tight, previous owner's plate and signature to front endpapers, dampstaining around edges of last 100 or so pages. No DJ. Reading copy.
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- Seller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- B42430
- Title
- The Lady of the Aroostook
- Author
- Howells, W.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-Library
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Literature
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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