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The People's Home Companion; a practical guide for the housewife, farmer and general reader ... a complete and comprehensive book of reference
by Drumm, Manuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Moderate chipping to edges of first 50 leaves. Page xi is torn, laid in. Heavy rubbing to boards. Heavy rubbing and fraying to h
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: Union Book Co, 1887. Hardcover. Moderate chipping to edges of first 50 leaves. Page xi is torn, laid in. Heavy rubbing to boards. Heavy rubbing and fraying to head and foot of spine as well as corners of boards. Front cover reglued to spine. Mild bumps to corners of boards. Else pages clean and binding tight. Acceptable(+) to good(-).. Hardcover quarto in blue cloth boards. 720 pages, b/w illustrations, 26 cm. Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90357
- Title
- The People's Home Companion; a practical guide for the housewife, farmer and general reader ... a complete and comprehensive book of reference
- Author
- Drumm, Manuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate chipping to edges of first 50 leaves. Page xi is torn, laid in. Heavy rubbing to boards. Heavy rubbing and fraying to h
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Union Book Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1887
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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