HISTORICAL NUGGETS - BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA OR A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA - VOLUME I
by Stevens, Henry
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- Hardcover
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Glen Head, New York, United States
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About This Item
London 1862 Whittingham and Wilkins. Hardcover. 12mo., 486pp., original blue cloth with gilt lettering and gilt circular decoration on front. A bit of pencil and pen notation on end papers only; bit of newsprint stuck to front blank end paper.Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked. Volume 1 only: .
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- Title
- HISTORICAL NUGGETS - BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA OR A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA - VOLUME I
- Author
- Stevens, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- book collection nineteenth americana
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...