WASHINGTON, THE MAN OF ACTION
by Job (Breville, Jacques Onfroy) [illustrator]; Hill, Frederick Trevor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton Company, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 329 pages; G-; contemporary full green publisher's cloth binding; spine with gilt lettering; significant shelf wear and mild soiling; corners bumped and exposed; cloth rubbed and boards exposed at fore-edges; joints starting, back joint almost entirely spine; some wear to crown and tail of spine; binding shaken; both hinges starting; previous owner's inscription at front free endpaper; contains 27 full-color illustrations; page 119 loose; pages clean; shelved Case 1. 1356937. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1356937
- Title
- WASHINGTON, THE MAN OF ACTION
- Author
- Job (Breville, Jacques Onfroy) [illustrator]; Hill, Frederick Trevor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- D. Appleton Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...
- 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....