Boston & New York: H. M. Caldwell, no date. Hardcover. Very Good. Famous Books by Famous Authors series. xiii + 346 pages. 5 1/2 X 8 in. high. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine & cover. Top edge of text block gilt. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Bookplate on front paste-down, text & illustrations are very clean, binding is tight.

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Bookseller: Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 966
Title: THE MAKERS OF VENICE
Author: Mrs. Oliphant
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: H. M. Caldwell
Place of Publication: Boston & New York
Date Published: no date
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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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...