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PICTURESQUE AMERICA; OR, THE LAND WE LIVE IN [VOLUME ONE ONLY]
by Bryant, William Cullen [editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, viii, 568 pages; VG; bound in original brown hard-grain full morocco, paneled spine with decorative blind-tooling and and gilt lettering; blind-tooled borders on covers, gilt lettering on front cover, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; mild rubbing and wear; 24 steel-engraved plates, including frontispiece and title, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; shelved above front case. 1349459. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
Picturesque America was first published by Appleton's as a serial, received semi-monthly by subscribers. Once their subscription was complete, the serials would be bound into a two-volume set, a variety of binding options available for the original 1872 and 1874 books. Picturesque America took readers on a tour of America through art and writing. It included 65 essays written by various authors, and was illustrated by 900 wood and 50 steel engravings. The engravings were done by variety of high skilled artists off of original drawings, mostly composed by artist Harry Fenn, the most prominent landscape illustrator in the US at the time.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1349459
- Title
- PICTURESQUE AMERICA; OR, THE LAND WE LIVE IN [VOLUME ONE ONLY]
- Author
- Bryant, William Cullen [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1872
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Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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