The New American Cyclopaedia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge (Volume X: Jerusalem - Macferrin)
by Ripley, George and Charles A. Dana
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /J No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton. 1858. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus Used. H Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. The New American Cyclopaedia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge (Volume X: Jerusalem - Macferrin). Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards, gilt spine titling, edges and endpapers marbled (matching covers), 4to, 788p.. (light shelfwear and rubbing to spine and extremities). A nicely executed volume in this series.
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0802399
- Title
- The New American Cyclopaedia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge (Volume X: Jerusalem - Macferrin)
- Author
- Ripley, George and Charles A. Dana
- Format/Binding
- H Three Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- J No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- The New American Cyclopaedia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Marbled boards
- ...