Back to the Soil or From Tenement House to Farm Colony by Bradley Gilman
by Gilman Bradley
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About This Item
1. 1901. Scarce or rare first edition. L. C. Page & Co. By Bradley Gilman with intro by Edward Everett Hale. xx+242pp. Five illustrations. No jacket. Square and clean in green cloth with bright gilt to faded spine and cover. Top edge gilt, binding tight, slight cracking to hinge paper, pages clean and bright. Country life, planned management, co-op living as an alternative to tenement houses and crowded city life. 'Booklovers Bulletin' note inside back board. An important work on early 20th century social reform.
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- Back to the Soil or From Tenement House to Farm Colony by Bradley Gilman
- Author
- Gilman Bradley
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- Used
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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