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An Adirondack Cabin. A Family Story Telling of Journeyings By Lake and Mountain, and Idyllic Days in the Heart of the Wilderness
by Sidney, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1890 Frontispiece with tissue guard, [6], 432pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in illustratred and gilt mustard coloured cloth, with bevelled edges, decorative spine, hinges tight, binding becoming loose. Illustrated throughout. Bookplate on the front free endpaper for Ruth Piper.
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007892
- Title
- An Adirondack Cabin. A Family Story Telling of Journeyings By Lake and Mountain, and Idyllic Days in the Heart of the Wilderness
- Author
- Sidney, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Lothrop Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Adirondack Adirondacks New York Wilderness
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Monroe Bridge Books
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About the Seller
Monroe Bridge Books
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Houlton, Maine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Bookplate
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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