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Memoirs and Letters of Charles Sumner Volume III: Period 1845-1860
by Pierce, Edward L
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited, 1893 621pp. Many pages are uncut. Front hinge is weak and starting to open. Tips, spine ends and lower edges are rubbed. Spine head is missing a large piece, revealing the top of the the text block. Boards have light spots and light stains. Top edge of pages 412 to 416 are torn away but present (caused by former owner trying to separate uncut pages), affecting chapter title only. Pages 465-552 have a 1/4" - 1-1/2" tear at the foredge. Spine covering is detached from the spine at the rear gutter, separating the 'M' in 'Memoir' from the rest of the title. Rear board is almost entirely detached, being held on by a 1/2" band at the spine heel. May have other flaws. Text is clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor/No Dust Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23515
- Title
- Memoirs and Letters of Charles Sumner Volume III: Period 1845-1860
- Author
- Pierce, Edward L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- US Civil War, War Between the States;
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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....
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