New York and Chicago: The Americana Corporation, 1929. Volume 6. Full dark brown morocco leather with gilt lettering on spine, decorative gilt branding simulating raised bands, triple gilt decorative border around front & back covers. Light edge wear. Light wear to the very top of both hinges. Gilt on all edges. Marbled end papers. Nearly 200 steel plate and graveur plates. 198pp plus same number of unpaginated plates. . Full Morocco Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 009049
Title: The Americana: a Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography (Volume 6 of 16): Biographies
Author: N/A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Publisher: The Americana Corporation
Place of Publication: New York and Chicago
Date Published: 1929
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12&

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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...
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...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...