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IN OLD NEW YORK
by Janvier, Thomas A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1894. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xi pages, 285; VG; brown cloth spine with gold gilt lettering; marked shelfwear and rubbing to the exterior of the book; minor soiling to the exterior; minor wear and creasing to the head and tail of the spine; spine is slightly cocked; marked bumping to the corners of the board, particularly the bottom corners; minor fraying to the cloth on the corners of the boards; minor wear to the bottom edges of the boards; marked soiling to the edges of the text block; marked age-toning and foxing to the paste downs and front & back free endpapers; pencil marginalia to ffep; gutter split and webbing visible between pages verso xi & 1, 48 & 49, and 96 & 97; significant soiling and spotting to the gutter between pages 128 & 129; minor dampstaining to the bottom of the gutter from the front paste down until page 49; minor age-toning to the pages throughout; shelved in Case 1. 1357909. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1357909
- Title
- IN OLD NEW YORK
- Author
- Janvier, Thomas A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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