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Women of the Old and New Testament: A Series of Portraits. With Characteristic Descriptions, by Several American Clergymen.
by William B. Sprague, ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Binding Copy
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Elaborate black leather with gilt on front, back, and spine. Text block has gilt all edges. 17 of 18 B&W illustrated plates are intact, as is protective tissue. 18th plate (Bathesheba) is chipped at edges, although the picture itself is intact.
FON inscription dated Christmas 1849.
Front and back covers are entirely loose, leather on spine is very deteriorated and extremely fragile. Leather is worn, especially at edges and corners, where underlying boards are visible. Pages are foxed and stained, with some chipping.
FON inscription dated Christmas 1849.
Front and back covers are entirely loose, leather on spine is very deteriorated and extremely fragile. Leather is worn, especially at edges and corners, where underlying boards are visible. Pages are foxed and stained, with some chipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Y19
- Title
- Women of the Old and New Testament
- Author
- William B. Sprague, ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding Copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 8 x 11
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- sprague, women of the old and new testament
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Nonfiction; Women's History;
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PWK Books
Biblio member since 2020
Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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