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Twenty Years of Congress from Lincoln to Garfield. With a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860. - 2 Volumes
by Blaine, James G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Co., 1884. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. Two volumes: xiii, [2], 646; xiv, [2], 724 pp. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Bound in full natural calf on board. Four raised bands with red & black title panels. Gilt titles and ruling on spine. Marbled edges. Fold-out map in back of Volume I. Both volumes have frontis with tissue guards, plus 11 steel portraits with TGs complete. Extensive edge wear, rubbing, scraping, scuffing and fraying to boards. Tips rubbed through. Damage to Volume II front endpapers. Creasing to fold-out map. Volume II rear hinge cracked through 6 inches from heel up, albeit cords holding. Previous clumsy masking tape "repair" to rear inner hinge. Please note: This is an oversized or heavy item; additional shipping charges will apply.
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- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000065
- Title
- Twenty Years of Congress from Lincoln to Garfield. With a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860. - 2 Volumes
- Author
- Blaine, James G
- Format/Binding
- Full natural calf on board
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Bill Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Norwich, CT
- Date Published
- 1884
- Pages
- 1397
- Size
- Sm 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- US History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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