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ITALY AND FRANCE. AN EDITOR'S HOLIDAY by Mackie, Alexander
- Bookseller: Maxwell's Bookmark
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 18563
- Format: 3/4 red leather binding with gold tooled spine, green leather spine label, raised bands. Marbled boards and end papers. All edges marbled
- Jacket condition: Binding a bit scuffed and worn at extremities but generally very good, tight and sound copy
- Edition: Printed "For Private Circulation
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hamilton, Adams
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1874
Description
London:: Hamilton, Adams, 1874. Printed "For Private Circulation. 3/4 red leather binding with gold tooled spine, green leather spine label, raised bands. Marbled boards and end papers. All edges marbled. Binding a bit scuffed and worn at extremities but generally very good, tight and sound copy.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
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. Also known as the back.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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