The Critical Period of American History 1783-1789. [Illustrated Edition]. Illustrated By Portraits, Maps, Facimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints and Other Historic Materials
by Fiske, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. Illustrated edition, 1899. Includes dozens and dozens of high quality illustrations including full page photogravures and color maps, facimile documents, large and small portraits, etc. Handsomely bound in three quarter chestnut brown smooth leather over marbled boards, gilt lettered and decorated spine with slightly raised spine bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Very good condition with some expected and fairly light rubbing to the extremities, small chip to top edge of front cover, good hinges, firm text block, slightly age-toned but very clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042021
- Title
- The Critical Period of American History 1783-1789. [Illustrated Edition]. Illustrated By Portraits, Maps, Facimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints and Other Historic Materials
- Author
- Fiske, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- UNITED STATES NEW ENGLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Marbled boards
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....