The American Book of Beauty, or Token of Friendship. A Gift for All Seasons.
by Edited by a Lady
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hartford: Silas Andrus and Son. Blindstamped Cloth. Fair . N.d., circa 1850. Small 4to. 128 pp. Nine steel engravings, one of which is hand-colored. Some foxing, mostly clean within and tight. Spine is chipped and a mess. Red cloth missing along gutter edges. Scarce title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001672
- Title
- The American Book of Beauty, or Token of Friendship. A Gift for All Seasons.
- Author
- Edited by a Lady
- Format/Binding
- Blindstamped Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Silas Andrus and Son
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....