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An Album of Representative Prohibitionists: Half-Tone Portraits and Brief Pen Sketches of One Hundred and Twenty-Six Men and Women, Forerunners and Champions of the Prohibition Movement
by Van Norman, Louis E
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Nicely rebound in full leather with raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Boards have edge wear, minor scratches, rubbed corners/spine. A couple pages with tiny tears/chips. Minor foxing on free end pages. Small bent page corners. Minor rubbing to gilt edges. No writing..
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- Defunct Books
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- Title
- An Album of Representative Prohibitionists: Half-Tone Portraits and Brief Pen Sketches of One Hundred and Twenty-Six Men and Women, Forerunners and Champions of the Prohibition Movement
- Author
- Van Norman, Louis E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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Glossary
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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