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Salons Colonial and Republican
by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1900. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. Spine faded, rear board lightly soiled. 1900 Hard Cover. 286 pp. Yellow cloth with gilt titles and decor on front board and spine, top edge gilt, deckled edges. With numerous reproductions of portraits and miniatures of men and women prominent in colonial life and in the early days of the republic. CONTENTS: A Colonial Salon; Republican Drawing-Rooms; Life in the Quaker Capital; Salons Gay and Grave; Life in the Federal City; An Early Art Centre; Mrs. Rush and Her Salon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2335859
- Title
- Salons Colonial and Republican
- Author
- Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia & London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.31 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICANA COLONIAL ERA
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
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Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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