Memoir of Robert Chambers with Autobiographic Reminiscences of William Chambers
by Robert Chambers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1872. Book. Very Good. Silk Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American edition, 1872. Red silk hardcover, silverfishing at board edges. Light foxing inside. Spine edges are chipped. Ex-library, handwritten label inside. No pocket. Spine slightly cocked, but tight. Text is in great shape..
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- Seller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- GR072702B463
- Title
- Memoir of Robert Chambers with Autobiographic Reminiscences of William Chambers
- Author
- Robert Chambers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner, Armstrong and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- MEMOIRS ROBERT CHAMBERS
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Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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