Recollections of Mr. James Lenox of New York and the Formation of His Library
by Stevens, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Henry Stevens & Son, 1887. Three quarters cream cloth and marbled paper boards, gilt borders, gilt decorations and lettering (on black title block) on spine. Marbled endpapers. Pages partially uncut. -- Spine a bit darkened, marbled paper on front has a chip out of it, cloth a little dingy and soiled, darkening a bit along top edge. Interior tight and clean with little if any tanning. Overall Good (exterior) to Very Good (interior) condition. 211 pp.. Hardcover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29501
- Title
- Recollections of Mr. James Lenox of New York and the Formation of His Library
- Author
- Stevens, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Henry Stevens & Son
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Books on Books, Bibliophilia, Personal Libraries, Book Collecting, Book Collectors, Biographies, Biography, Biographic
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.