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ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVERS
by Laffan, William M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper Brothers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with brown cloth spine. Gilt title & front cover decoration. Text tight, clean & intact. Tissue protected full page wood engravings. The work of the American wood-engraver has a distincion that is original with itself. Dust Jacket VG+. The G+ book box has some wear. Enclosed hand written letter by Joseph W. Harper, 562 Fifth Avenue, NYC (Harper Bros. ) This book a gift to his minister, Rev. Morgan ; Wood Engravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Unpaginated pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15167
- Title
- ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVERS
- Author
- Laffan, William M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Flat, Other Room,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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