Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1858. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 443pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Light edgewear, spine lightly sunned, but gilt is still bright, front hinge loose, contents shaken, ex-library with usual markings, missing front endpaper, contents foxed.

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Seller: Old Bookshelf (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 000927
Title: Sartaroe: A Tale of Norway
Author: Maitland, James A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: T.B. Peterson & Brothers
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1858
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: North Cape" Bergen
Bookseller catalogs: Literature and Fiction; Travel and Geography;

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...