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The Cabinet of Gems Gathered from Celebrated Authors
by Nimmo, Jenny
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
William P Nimmo. Very Good+. 1875. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo in blue cloth, gilt decoration (blocked) on front, elaborate gilt on spine, beveled edges, all edges gilt, elegant front endpaper, a few spots on pages, wear at tips, else VG or better. Victorian era book with prominent authors' prose pieces, illustrated ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25998
- Title
- The Cabinet of Gems Gathered from Celebrated Authors
- Author
- Nimmo, Jenny
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- William P Nimmo
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Victorian Binding; Victorian Authors
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
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