THE NEW AMERICAN CLERK'S MAGAZINE, AND COMPLETE PRACTICAL CONVEYANCER. CONTAINING THE MOST USEFUL AND NECESSARY PRECEDENTS IN CONVEYANCING, AS SETTLED AND APPROVED BY THE MOST EMINENT CONVEYANCERS;
by A Gentleman Of The Bar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Hagerstown: Jacob D. Dietrick, 1806. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 527, [68] pages; G-; Bound in full tree calf with morocco spine label and gilt lettering; Moderate chipping to head of spine, moderate bumping to head/tail of spine and corners, leather on spine cracking, front joint beginning to split at top of spine, light shelf wear to corners and edges, and leather beginning to peal from boards; Light age toning to text block and pages throughout, mild foxing to pages throughout, and previous inscription at top of title page has been excised; Ex-Library plate on ffep. RWO. 1365141. Special Collections.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1365141
- Title
- THE NEW AMERICAN CLERK'S MAGAZINE, AND COMPLETE PRACTICAL CONVEYANCER. CONTAINING THE MOST USEFUL AND NECESSARY PRECEDENTS IN CONVEYANCING, AS SETTLED AND APPROVED BY THE MOST EMINENT CONVEYANCERS;
- Author
- A Gentleman Of The Bar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition
- Publisher
- Jacob D. Dietrick
- Place of Publication
- Hagerstown
- Date Published
- 1806
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...