New York: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co, 1862. HB. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind, gilt lettering and author's name on spine, 16mo, 180 pp. Frontis drawing and other full-page plates within text. Extra illustrated first title page stating publisher as Clark, Austin and Smith. Previous owner's names on front paste-down and ffep, no other marks in book. Light foxing on several pages. Binding tight, but somewhat cocked, Covers show edge wear, chipping top and bottom of spine, scuffing. Book condition Good+.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: IV7392
Title: Cousin Lucy Among The Mountains
Author: By The Author Of The Rollo Books, [Jacob Abbott]
Format/Binding: HB
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1862
Bookseller catalogs: Children;

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Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...