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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. In Two Volumes
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Illustrated from Designs By Hammatt Billings
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1854. Worn two volume set in dark brown cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in blind. Fair condition with cover rubbing, chips to spine ends, surface separation of spine covering along rear joint, hinges good, text blocks basically sound but no longer tight (no detached pages), pages mainly clean with occasional foxing, light transparent stain to the first few pages of second volume, name and 1854 date on preliminary blank of each volume, pencil note on front free endpaper of volume 1, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047172
- Title
- Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. In Two Volumes
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Illustrated from Designs By Hammatt Billings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1854
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
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