THISTLEDOWN: RHYMES, & REMINISCENCES OF PROMINENT MEMBERS OF SCOTTISH SOCIETIES IN BOSTON & VICINITY
by Henderson, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1915. Original red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and gilt device on cover. Top edge gilt. Photo frontispiece of the author . Contemporary gift note dated 1924 otherwise clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40098
- Title
- THISTLEDOWN: RHYMES, & REMINISCENCES OF PROMINENT MEMBERS OF SCOTTISH SOCIETIES IN BOSTON & VICINITY
- Author
- Henderson, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Norwood Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwood, MA
- Date Published
- 1915
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...