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Our Young Folks in Norway
by Augusa W. Kellogg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1891. Pictorial boards. Good +. Scarce. A good plus, very early or first edition. Beautifully written gift inscription (not by the author) from 1894 on first free endpaper. Illustrated. Tipped in is a postcard of winter festivities from 1890. Pictorial boards. Binding is soft, joints are worn. Hinges are sound. Cover showing rubbing and shelfwear.314 pp. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works, IOBA, ABAA, ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 915
- Title
- Our Young Folks in Norway
- Author
- Augusa W. Kellogg
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nims and Knight
- Place of Publication
- Troy, NY
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography & Travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works, IOBA, ABAA, ILAB
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Gridley, California
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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.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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