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[Salesman's Dummy] The Library of American History, Literature and  Biography

[Salesman's Dummy] The Library of American History, Literature and Biography

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[Salesman's Dummy] The Library of American History, Literature and Biography

by Mabie, Hamilton Wright, William Wilfred Birdsall, and Edward Everett Hale

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  • Hardcover
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Very Good with no dust jacket
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Chicago, Ill.: W. S. Reeve Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. Hardcover. Brown cloth, eagle and gilt lettering on front, image of spine on rear, decorative tan endpapers, facsimile of spine label inside front cover, specification sheet tipped on to front flyleaf, title plate in color followed by textual title page, many additional illustrations on plates, a few with colored borders, order forms at rear. Salesman's Sample of this title with selected pages taken from the full version. The title page, portraits and contents pages are present as are selected pages from each segment of the text and a few blank pages for filler, 100+ pages in all. Uncommon thus.; 7-3/4" x 10-1/4"; Covers rubbed with loss to gilt, binding cocked and hinges tender but holding, some order form pages removed, others with orders listed. .

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Bookseller
Andrew Langer, Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
[Salesman's Dummy] The Library of American History, Literature and Biography
Author
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, William Wilfred Birdsall, and Edward Everett Hale
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Publisher
W. S. Reeve Publishing Co.
Place of Publication
Chicago, Ill.
Date Published
1904

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Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine Label
The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Cocked
Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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...
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....
Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Facsimile
An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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