Two Centuries of Costume in America
by Earle, Alice Morse
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
The Macmillan Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This is a married set. Volume 1 has dark green cloth over boards. Leather Spine. Bright gilt lettering and red lettering on front board. Top edge gilt. Corners rubbed. Bookplate on front endpaper. Floral endpapers. Both endpapers have book tape at hinge. A little tanning on page edges. Volume 2 has slightly lighter green cloth over boards. Red lettering on cover and spine. Floral endpapers. Clean throughout. 824 pages in two volumes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032523
- Title
- Two Centuries of Costume in America
- Author
- Earle, Alice Morse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1903
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bearly Read Books
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Sudbury, Massachusetts
About Bearly Read Books
Bearly Read Books offers a selection of rare used and antiquarian books with a concentration on the classics, military and children's books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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