The History of Wells and Kennebunk:. from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820, at Which Time Kennebunk Was Set Off, and Incorporated with Biographical Sketches
by Bourne, Edward E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ (Textblock Very Good+). No DJ as Issued
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Portland, ME: B. Thurston & Company, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ (Textblock Very Good+). No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy by the author, possibly a variant binding (complete with gold wax seal at spine). Noted flaws notwithstanding, a handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, moderate wear/chipping at head and heel, tips through, spine lightly toned, joints starting, image plates tipped in at front and rear pastedowns, presentation slip (signed by author) tipped in at ffep, waterstain and stamp of Lehigh Univ. on ffep, minor sporadic foxing, dust staining at top of text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, wax seal on spine, frontispiece, tissueguards. 8vo. 797pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Biographical Sketches. Index. Portrait of William B. Hoswell at tipped in at front pastedown, very early plate of Bowdoin College tipped in at rear pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3599
- Title
- The History of Wells and Kennebunk:. from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820, at Which Time Kennebunk Was Set Off, and Incorporated with Biographical Sketches
- Author
- Bourne, Edward E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ (Textblock Very Good+). No DJ as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- B. Thurston & Company
- Place of Publication
- Portland, ME
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- History, History of Ideas, Non-Fiction | Maine Material
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Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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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