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The Atlantic Souvenir; A Christmas And New Year's Offering
by Philadelphia. H.C. Carey & I. Lea
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Full crushed red levant morocco. Aeg. Fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. First edition. leather_bound. Full crushed red levant morocco. Aeg. Fine. 353 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Literature by James Kirk Paulding, William Cullen Bryant, Catherine Sedgwick et al. Paulding who served as Secretary of the Navy probably authored "Biographical Sketch of Admiral Paul Jones." Contents contain twenty-four titles of varying lengths. "The Catholic Iroquois," is one of the longer articles. Full page engravings also presented, one engraved by Fairman and Childs [Gideon Fairman and Cephas Childs] prominent engravers of the period for a portrait by English artist William Brockedon. Light, scattered toning in immaculate binding, green velvet endpapers, inner dentelles, raised bands, spine panels in elaborate gilt motifs and cover borders paneled in floral designs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22633
- Title
- The Atlantic Souvenir; A Christmas And New Year's Offering
- Author
- Philadelphia. H.C. Carey & I. Lea
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Full crushed red levant morocco. Aeg. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- H.C. Carey & I. Lea
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1826
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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...
- 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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