King's Photographic Views of New York. a Souvenir Companion to King's Handbook of New York City
by King, Moses
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Moses King. Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Hardcover. Red and gilt dec gray cloth with moderate edgewear, rubbing and soil. Spine significantly darkened/dulled. "Saturn Club" also in gilt to front cover. Spine ends and corners bumped and frayed. Binding shaken and starting to crack in a few places. 450 photographic illustrations. Engraved bookplate to front pastedown without an owner name. Not ex-library. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 720 pages .
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- Seller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 10303
- Title
- King's Photographic Views of New York. a Souvenir Companion to King's Handbook of New York City
- Author
- King, Moses
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Moses King
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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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