Slim Jack; Or, The History Of A Circus-boy.
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Good+. [c1847]. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Spine ends worn, corners lightly worn, clean tight copy. ; 8vo; Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth with ornate gilt spine, 107p., 5 plates. **The frontispiece shows a portion of a circus parade passing John Martin's stable. There are a few words underlined with penciled in shorthand for the word. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60458
- Title
- Slim Jack; Or, The History Of A Circus-boy.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition (?)
- Publisher
- American Sunday School Union
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- [c1847]
- Keywords
- Circus, Religion, Juvenile
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
Terms of Sale
Janet & Henry Hurley
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....