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Valentine's Manual of Old New York - 1926
by Brown, Henry Collins [editor]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Valentine's Manual Inc., 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. By Editor. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth with the seal of New York City in gold on front board. Top edge gilt. 404 pages. Signed presentation copy by Henry Collins Brown [editor] to George Carroll, dated Jan. 12, 26 on front end-paper. Illustrated with over 150 drawings, engravings and photographs, including a color frontispiece and 5 full color double page plates. First edition. Gilt blocking and lettering on spine completely faded. Cloth covers show minor age wear and soiling and are slightly shaken. Else hinges are strong and not cracked. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. A nice presentation copy in good or better condition. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017569
- Title
- Valentine's Manual of Old New York - 1926
- Author
- Brown, Henry Collins [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Valentine's Manual Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- New York City
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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