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The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson, Late Vice-President of the United States
by NASON, Elias and Thomas Russell
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: B.B. Russell, 1876. Reprint. Octavo (18.75cm.); half brown morocco over gilt-lettered cloth, gilt spine, all edges speckled; 452pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Boards rubbed, mostly affecting leather, spine ends rather chipped, early and mid-20th-century newspaper clippings mounted to front free flyleaf and frontispiece verso, else contents near fine and fresh. About Very Good overall. Biography of the American abolitionist politician who served as Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31393
- Title
- The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson, Late Vice-President of the United States
- Author
- NASON, Elias and Thomas Russell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- B.B. Russell
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1876
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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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