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Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America
by Draper, John William
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [2], 325 pages, [10] pages advertisements, [2]. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine and author's gilt stamped signature on front board. Light edge wear to cloth extremities. Book name plate of "Frank E. Gavin, Greenburg, Indiana" on the front paste down. Old ink name on the title page. Slight cracks in the text block. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30232
- Title
- Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America
- Author
- Draper, John William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1865
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
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