HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA, WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS AND AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS, TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A CONCISE VIEW OF THE DISCOVERY AND PROGRESS OF THE ART IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.|A
by Thomas, Isaiah
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Castle, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Bound in a lovely half-leather binding over marbled paper covered boards stamped MacDonald - N.Y. on the front free endpaper. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Some loss of leather to the spines, with volume II having some loss over the author and volume II. Light shelfwear. The front and rear board of volume II has been reattached professionally. The interior is in near-fine condition, which is very uncommon.
Some light staining to the leather.
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- Bookseller
- Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42058
- Title
- HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA, WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS AND AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS, TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A CONCISE VIEW OF THE DISCOVERY AND PROGRESS OF THE ART IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.|A
- Author
- Thomas, Isaiah
- Format/Binding
- Later half leather over marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, leather spine label
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Isaiah Thomas
- Place of Publication
- Worcester
- Date Published
- 1810
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...