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A VALUABLE ASSISTANT TO EVERY MAN: OR THE AMERICAN CLERK'S MAGAZINE
by Freeman, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Thomas Andrews, 1805. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 294 pages, [3]; G-: Fully bound in leather with red label and gilt lettering to ruled spine; Boards have light shelfwear overall, light+ wear/cracking along hinges with partial split along rear hinge (near spine tail), and moderate wear to spine with rubbing, cracking, and chipping to head and tail; Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior, occasional light to moderate foxing, light+ damp-staining to last 7 leaves (and rear paste down), 19th century ink stain to pp.279-282, partial tear of final fep, and ownership markings penned to front paste down. RWO. 1365304. Special Collections.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1365304
- Title
- A VALUABLE ASSISTANT TO EVERY MAN: OR THE AMERICAN CLERK'S MAGAZINE
- Author
- Freeman, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Andrews
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1805
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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