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ALONG THE WAY
by Dodge, Mary Mapes
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New-York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. First edition. Very good.. First printing of this collection of verses by the influential children's book author, in a "gilt-extra" binding. The BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE notes that ALONG THE WAY was available in both a "gilt binding" and a "gilt-extra binding" (467); this copy is an example of the latter. 7'' x 5''. Original blue pictorial gloth binding with gilt stamping. Edges stained red. Brown endpapers with ornamental acanthus pattern. viii, 136 pages. Contemporary owner names to verso of front flyleaf, first blank, half title page, and page 51: Nellie Brueningham and Ella Luecke. Partially erased pencil math problems to verso of front flyleaf; partially erased pencil repetitions of the name "Nellie" to half-title page. Boards with light wear and some spotting to cloth; bumping to spine ends. Front hinge cracked but firm. Leaves with scattered faint soil, spine cracked at one opening. Sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47452
- Title
- ALONG THE WAY
- Author
- Dodge, Mary Mapes
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New-York
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- 19th century,US American,Poetry,Pictorial Cloth,Gift Pict Cloth
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Leaves
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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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Half Title
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