The Golden Gift: a Book for the Young
by Weir, Harrison
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1874. Hardcover. Blue cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains 31 wood engravings of various artists by R. Paterson. All edges bright gilt. FFEP missing. Very light over all tanning. Binding has gilt to front cover and spine with additional ornate black design to front and blindstamping to back. Bevelled edges. Light wear to edges, corners and spine. Light rubbing to both covers. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lady (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2399
- Title
- The Golden Gift: a Book for the Young
- Author
- Weir, Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- William P. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- Children
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
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The Book Lady
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Lawrence, Kansas
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...