Appleton Cyclopaedia of American Biography
by James Grant Wilson/John Fiske (Editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Reading copy/no dust jacket as published
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
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About This Item
6 volume set as pictured. All volumes leather bound with stamped spine. Boards are very worn and detached or loose in all volumes, Front board missing from volume 5. All volumes have been partially repaired with clear tape. Marbled endpapers missing from several volumes. Text block binding solid in all volumes. Text block with marbled edges. Text is age tanned but appears unmarked. Many tissue protected illustrations. Your purchase helps support our small village library s B3
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 660
- Title
- Appleton Cyclopaedia of American Biography
- Author
- James Grant Wilson/John Fiske (Editors)
- Book Condition
- Used - Reading copy
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket as published
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1888 6 volume set
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D Appleton and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Set, American Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Biography; Sets;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
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- 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....
- 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...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- 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....