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The Book of New York
by Robert Shackleton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Penn Publishing, Philadelphia, 1920. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. ROBERT SHACKLETON. The Book of New York, Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1920. Octavo, an early edition, pp. [v], 377, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, various New York City images on front, very sharp halftone photo plates, illustrations by R.L. Boyer. Strays upstate briefly towards the end to visit West Point and other Hudson River sites, then ends in Greenwich Village. Condition of this book: Near fine with just a bit of wear and dust-darkening around the edges; an exceptional copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; United States; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54457. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54457
- Title
- The Book of New York
- Author
- Robert Shackleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Penn Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Travel & Places; United States; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Robert Shackleton The Book of New York
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rarities etc.
Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
About Rarities etc.
Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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