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Heath's Infallible Counterfeit Detector at Sight.
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Laban Heath, 1864. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 26pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt lettering, 8 plates with tissue-guards, (6 engraved), First Edition (no additional printings shown). Chipping to edges and spine, contents age-toned and scattered light foxing, a faint crease to one plate and tear to one page archival tape mended. Includes bank-note designs by The American Bank Note Company.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004735
- Title
- Heath's Infallible Counterfeit Detector at Sight.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Laban Heath
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1864
- Pages
- 26
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Numismatics "Paper Currency" "Bank Notes" Money Dollars
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About the Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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