Samantha at the World's Fair
by Marietta, Holley [Josaih Allen's wife]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co.. Poor/No Jacket. 1893. First Thus. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Used In three quarter leather over marbled boards with matching endpapers, gilt edges; front hinge split at gutter and front board detached, spine strip detached at front gutter, chipped with loss to top (1 1/2 in.); general wear and rubbing to extremities, a rough copy of a nice book, might be a canidate for rebinding?. Keywords: Samantha, at, the, World, s, Fair, Fiction, Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0723267
- Title
- Samantha at the World's Fair
- Author
- Marietta, Holley [Josaih Allen's wife]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...