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Summer Savory, Gleaned from Rural Nooks in Pleasant Weather
by TAYLOR, Benjamin F[ranklin]
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- first
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co, 1879. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth, gilt spine titles; titled and ruled in black on front cover; 212pp. Trace of rubbing to board edges and spine ends; internally clean and unmarked, with the text block hanging just a little loose (but perfectly sound). With the ownership inscription of one Hattie Brandt Wing of Binghamton, who has also added a few neat pencil marginalia identifying persons and places mentioned in the text. A late work by the popular mid-century poet and journalist, a collection of essays and anecdotes of American travel, including sojourns in Utah, Colorado, and the Adirondacks.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61342
- Title
- Summer Savory, Gleaned from Rural Nooks in Pleasant Weather
- Author
- TAYLOR, Benjamin F[ranklin]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- S.C. Griggs & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1879
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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