TRENTON FALLS, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE: Embracing the Original Essay of John Sherman, the First Proprietor and Resident
by Willis, N. Parker, editor
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- first
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- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: George P. Putnam, 1851. First edition. Pictorial brown pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind on front and in blind on rear and spine, gilt lettering and decorations in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine and edges tanned, old inscriptions, etc., on endpaper, otherwise about very good.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36025
- Title
- TRENTON FALLS, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE: Embracing the Original Essay of John Sherman, the First Proprietor and Resident
- Author
- Willis, N. Parker, editor
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George P. Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1851
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- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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....