Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1850
by Valentine, D.T
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: McSpedon & Baker, 1850. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5" x 7 1/2. FAIR/ NO DUST JACKET. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. 552 pages. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Multiple charts and maps throughout, six of them folded and tipped in. Green cloth boards with gilt gilt coat of arms at front, lettered in gilt at spine. Boards rubbed and soiled, corners worn to boards, spine top and tail rubbed. Front hinges starting to crack, back hinge good, text block broken at pages 288-289, all pages remain attached.
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- Bookseller
- RPL Library Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031679
- Title
- Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1850
- Author
- Valentine, D.T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McSpedon & Baker
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 5" x 7 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History US New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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