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An NDEX to ERIODICAL ITERATURE by Wm. Fred. Poole, A.M. librarian of the Boston Mercantile Library Association
by oole,(P) Wm. Fred. A.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FAIR book cover (worn spine) around a tight VG text block.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY, London: Charles B. Norton. FAIR book cover (worn spine) around a tight VG text block.. 1853. 1st thus. Hardcover. FAIR book, MISSING top & bottom of cover's backstrip. VG text block. Top edges of most leaves unopened. 10"x6", 524pp. . Brown cloth boards, edge ruled & central floral design in blind. Front cover with gilt vignette of liberty cap holding the scales of justice. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine MISSING upper & lower 1/5th of the backstrip. Weak upper hinge. Otherwise nice text block; tightly bound, no loose pages, aging, soiling, foxing, etc. Poole was an important figure in 19th C library science. In 1848, while still a student, he compiled the first index of 154 pages. In 1882 the 3rd, @ 1469pages. The ngreatly expanded to 6 vols published between 1882 & 1908. Wikipedia: these latest six contained 482,000 articals on 378,000 subjects from 12,000 vols of 479 British and American periodicals. This 1853 must contain 3000 entries. Pencilled notation inside cover: "A Oakley Hall, who purchased at sale of W Burton Oct 1860". Hall, 1826-1898, was a lawyer, politician & writer. He was NYC mayor from 1869 to 1872. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001030
- Title
- An NDEX to ERIODICAL ITERATURE by Wm. Fred. Poole, A.M. librarian of the Boston Mercantile Library Association
- Author
- oole,(P) Wm. Fred. A.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR book cover (worn spine) around a tight VG text block.
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Publisher
- Charles B. Norton
- Place of Publication
- NY, London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- FAIR book, MISSING top & bottom of cover's backstrip. VG text block., Top edges of most leaves unopened. 10"x6", 524pp., a oakley hall, nyc, new york city
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Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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