Amherst, MA: Amherst Historical Society, 1958 Good/Fair. Large Octavo. 337 pages with appendix and index. Contains about 40 photographs. Red buckram with gilt lettering; maps on end sheets. Spine cocked; corners of boards lightly bumped; light foxing on edges of text. Smallish chips at head of jacket spine and on lower rear jacket; wear at ends of jacket hinges; circular stain and rubbing on rear jacket; foxing on flaps and reverse of jacket..

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Bookseller: Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 999526
Title: The Village of Amherst: A Landmark of Light
Author: Rand, Frank Prentice
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amherst, MA: Amherst Historical Society, 1958
Keywords: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

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Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.

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Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Flap(s): The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...