New York: G. P. Putnam's. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1900. Softcover. Limp green leather covers are yapped (extend beyond the body of the book) and are lightly tanned to brown at edges and at spine. Brown leahter spine and cover labels with gilt lettering, green silk string bookmark. Green silk inside front and back covers. Contains frontis portrait with tissue guard and 23 additional illustrations with tissue guards. Text tight, clean, and unmarked. Top edge gilt, pages have fore and bottom edges rough-cut. Front end paper has note by previous owner describing family association.; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 497 pages .

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Bookseller: Peninsula Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18429
Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
Author: Hubbard, Elbert
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1900
Keywords: Elbert Hubbard, Roycrofters

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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....
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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...