All's Not Gold That Glitters
by Cousin Alice (Haven, Alice)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Appleton, 1863. Hardcover. Very good condition. Illustrated half title with wonderful chromolithograph of prospector working with a pickax along a stream, the illustration within an elaborate gilt and red patterned border, and additional engraved plates. Alice Haven (1827 - 1863) was an American writer and magazine editor who ran the Philadelphia magazine 'Neal's Saturday Gazette and Lady's Literary Museum', after the death of her husband.
12mo, 214pp, color half title, [2]pp advertisements. Original green gilt cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends; light scattered fox spotting throughout. An inscription at the ffe, "Henry M. W. Eastman, from his Mother, Christmas 1863"
12mo, 214pp, color half title, [2]pp advertisements. Original green gilt cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends; light scattered fox spotting throughout. An inscription at the ffe, "Henry M. W. Eastman, from his Mother, Christmas 1863"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3635
- Title
- All's Not Gold That Glitters
- Author
- Cousin Alice (Haven, Alice)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Appleton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1863
- Bookseller catalogs
- CALIFORNIA; FOREIGN TRAVEL;
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...