THE ROAD IN TUSCANY: A Commentary. Two Volumes
by Hewlett, Maurice
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. Two volumes. Octavo. 383, 376 pp; illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Original gilt-lettered red cloth with gilt decoration on cover, top edge gilt, with dustjackets. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; one top corner & two bottom corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown of both vols. of the Joseph Pennell Collection of Jacob and Helen R. Bleibtreu. Jacket of vol 1 has 1-in. loss at top of spine and slight loss at bottom, jacket spines of both vols darkened, occasional edge chipping & small tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Joseph Pennell.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011938
- Title
- THE ROAD IN TUSCANY: A Commentary. Two Volumes
- Author
- Hewlett, Maurice
- Illustrator
- Joseph Pennell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Travel Italy Tuscany Italian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Italian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...