Udvalgte Fortaellinger og Skildringer af Wisbechs illustrerede Almanak I.
by Wisbech, J. L
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
Kjobenhavn: J. L. Wisbech, 1883. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Engravings. Danish language. Bound in black pebbled cloth backed with dark brown leather; spine titles and decorations stamped in gilt. 1883 date to the title page, but the contents are dated 1878 through 1880. Illustrated throughout. Unpaginated, but several hundred pages minimum. Eight pages of advertisements at the rear. Ex-library from Gale College (Wisconsin) with call numbers to the endpapers and title page. No exterior marks, no card pocket or date due sheet. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown. We did not find any marks or writing in the text, whcih remains in very good condition, with no toning or foxing present. The covers show considerable edgewear and rubbing, but the spine lettering is still quite bright. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy. Uncommon. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Seller
- Friendly Used Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 124614
- Title
- Udvalgte Fortaellinger og Skildringer af Wisbechs illustrerede Almanak I.
- Author
- Wisbech, J. L
- Illustrator
- Engravings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. L. Wisbech
- Place of Publication
- Kjobenhavn
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- DANISH LANGUAGE ALMANAC 1878 1879 1880 STORIES DENMARK
- Bookseller catalogs
- foreign language; Norway and Scandinavia;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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