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The Ameican Commonwealth. In Two Volumes
by Bryce, James (1838-1922)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Stated third edition, completely revised throughout with additional chapters, 1898. Handsome two volume set in a signed binding by Sotheran & Co., smooth dark blue calf leather with dual spine labels in deep red, raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments, covers bordered in bilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, gilt tooled top and bottom edges, each volume just under 8 inches tall. Light shelfwear, good joints and hinges, firm text blocks, very minor foxing to blank pages adjacent to endleaves, exquisite personal bookplate of George Clinton Fairchild Williams in each volume, no other markings. The bookplate depicts a vew of magnificent gardens outside a library window with symbolic images at top, signed S.L.S. 1924 [Sidney Lawton Smith, American designer and engraver (1845-1929)]. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044355
- Title
- The Ameican Commonwealth. In Two Volumes
- Author
- Bryce, James (1838-1922)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AMERICAN GOVERNMENT POLITICS POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; Law and Legal History; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelfwear
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- 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...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
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