LITERARY AND HISTORICAL MISCELLANIES
by Bancroft, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. 518 pp. Original dark brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to corners and spine ends. Natural toning to endpapers. Previous owner's name in pencil on title page. Light foxing throughout, otherwise, contents nice. A strong, sturdy copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23470LIT
- Title
- LITERARY AND HISTORICAL MISCELLANIES
- Author
- Bancroft, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL LITERARY MISCELLANIES HISTORICAL MISCELLANIES ESSAYS STUDIES GERMAN LITERATURE 1824 OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES LITERARY WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
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