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Adam Clarke: A Story of the Toilers: Being a Narrative of the Experiences of a Family of British Emigrants to the United States in Cotton Mill, Iron Foundry, Coal Mine, and Other Fields of Labor
by Henry Mann
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New york: popular Book Company, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Fully bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Tight binding and solid boards. Minor shelf wear. Chipping to head of spine. Owners inscription on FFEP. Otherwise, clean, unmarked pages. A unique literary memoir, depicting life of an immigrant in turn-of-the-century America. A collectible copy in very good condition. Ships daily.
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1110050028
- Title
- Adam Clarke: A Story of the Toilers: Being a Narrative of the Experiences of a Family of British Emigrants to the United States in Cotton Mill, Iron Foundry, Coal Mine, and Other Fields of Labor
- Author
- Henry Mann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New york: popular Book Company
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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