PHILADELPHIA FOLKS: Ways and Institutions In and About the Quaker City
by Weygandt, Cornelius
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company Inc., 1938. 358 pp. Original white cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly foxed; spine darkened. Natural toning to edges of endpapers. Previous owner's names on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled w/ few, faint dampstains to edges of rear panel and to spine; several short tears and small chips to edges. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24982PA
- Title
- PHILADELPHIA FOLKS: Ways and Institutions In and About the Quaker City
- Author
- Weygandt, Cornelius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- AMERICANA PENNSYLVANIA STATE HISTORY PA LOCAL DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL PHILADELPHIA QUAKER CITY CITIES SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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