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The Wonderful and the Beautiful ; or, Apples of Gold in Vessels of Silver
by H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1857. First Edition. Good copy. No jacket. In dark blue cloth covers with a design on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Eight original illustrations by Stephens with onion skin covers. Unmarked pages. Bumping and fraying of head and tail of spine, corners,and edges.Three inch split on back edge of spine. Glue residue on front cover. Pictures upon request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001286
- Title
- The Wonderful and the Beautiful ; or, Apples of Gold in Vessels of Silver
- Author
- H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- FICTION, SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
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