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[Salesman's Dummy] Historical Romances of William Harrison Ainsworth

[Salesman's Dummy] Historical Romances of William Harrison Ainsworth

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[Salesman's Dummy] Historical Romances of William Harrison Ainsworth

by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. ca 1900. Flexible leather. Black leather boards, not lettered, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and 20 additional illustrated plates, each protected by captioned guards, example text pages, binding sample at rear shows the red cloth, gilt pattern of the books to be produced. Plates mostly dated 1898 or 1899, the set appears to have been issued in 1900. ; 5.5 x 8.5"; Spine a bit worn, long label removed from inside front board, binding cracking between 2 pages at one place, otherwise firm, salesman's label John J. Newbegin of San Francisco at front, Newbegin stamp at front and again at rear, prior owner bookplate (Elizabeth and Lewis Haas). .

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Bookseller
Andrew Langer, Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
1402
Title
[Salesman's Dummy] Historical Romances of William Harrison Ainsworth
Author
Ainsworth, William Harrison
Format/Binding
Flexible leather
Book Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
George Barrie & Sons
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
ca 1900

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Andrew Langer, Bookseller

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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...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...
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....

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