The Sketch Book
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD-
- Seller
-
Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Allyn and Bacon , c1894. Hardbound. VERY GOOD-. Tight, faint page tanning, clean, square. Black cloth with gilt title box and lettering. No dust jacket. School library stamp inside front cover, acquisition date 1928. Probably a later printing (DDAP). Slight softening and rubbing to spine ends and cover corners. Tiny pencil checkmarks next to titles on Contents page. 34 examples of Irving's writing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29P004
- Title
- The Sketch Book
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allyn and Bacon
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- c1894
- Keywords
- American
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About the Seller
Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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Bethel, Connecticut
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Glossary
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.