BITS OF TRAVEL AT HOME
by H. H. (Helen Hunt Jackson)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. 1884, 413pp, blindstamped design to cover, gilt lettering to cover & spine, pg edges colored red, sun fading to spine, some soiling & shelfwear to cover, spine ends worn, bookplate to fep, front hinge is beginning to loosen, though the binding is still tight, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Russ States
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19-0476
- Title
- BITS OF TRAVEL AT HOME
- Author
- H. H. (Helen Hunt Jackson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Travel, Description, USA, West, California, Utah, Colorado, New England
Terms of Sale
Russ States
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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