The White Hills; Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry
by King, Thomas Starr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company 1860, 1st edition. (Leatherbound) 403pp. Very good plus. Frontispiece, illus.- 60 engravings from drawings by Wheelock, map. Thick, full pebbled brown morocco. Boards and most handsome spine, with raised bands, ornately compartmented and gilt. Board edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. A.e.g. Lavish dentelles. Foxing..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109865
- Title
- The White Hills; Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry
- Author
- King, Thomas Starr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crosby, Nichols and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- United States, Fine Bindings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Spafford Books
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
Biblio member since 2009
Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
50 + years buying and selling. Large stock dealing with western Canada, fur trade, Indigenous Peoples, general antiquarian. Open by appointment or chance! Call 1-306-525-4910.
Glossary
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....