Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for 1857
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, New York, U.S.A: Chas. W. Baker, 1857. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5 x 7 1/2. FAIR / NO DUST JACKET/ FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. 571 pages. Text is unlined. Discoloration and staining on some of the pages. Three fold out maps and multiple tables and illustrations throughout. Maps are slightly torn, as well as one of the illustrations. Library markings on the cover pages. Original brown embossed board with light brown lettering on the spine. Gilt seal on the front cover.Cover is torn at the top of the spine, and worn on the bottom of the spine and edges. Library tape on the outside. Binding and hinges are somewhat loose and cracked.
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- Bookseller
- RPL Library Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031712
- Title
- Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for 1857
- Author
- Valentine, D.T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chas. W. Baker
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 5 x 7 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History Government New York
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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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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