New York: D. Appleton & Company Dates: 1868/1869. Bound in 3/4 leather w/ marbled paper covered boards w/ gilt titles and five raised bands on spines. Bindings lightly rubbed w/ wear to corners. Light foxing to endpapers. Vol. 1: Approx. 1 1/4" long tear to top of front inner hinge. Vol. 2: Paper lifts to rear board; light spotting to spine; faint dampstains to outer margins of first several leaves. All volumes illustrated with black and white plates and maps including a large fold-out map in Vol. 2. Overall, shelf presence and contents in quite nice condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M4139CW
Title: AMERICAN ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA AND REGISTER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture.../8 (Eight) Volume Set, 1861--1868
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Publisher: D. Appleton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Keywords: MILITARY HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861 1865 CYCLOPAEDIAS ENCYCLOPEDIAS DICTIONARIES DICTIONARY REGISTERS IMPORTANT EVENTS REFERENCE GUIDE PERIODICALS 1861 1868 POLITICAL AFFAIRS POLITICS GOVERNMENT CIVIL AFFAIRS MILITARY AFFAIRS PUBLIC DOCUMENTS BIOGRAPHY STATIS
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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...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...