The Davis Memorial Volume; or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute to His Memory
by Jones, J. William (Wm.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Richmond: B.F. Johnson & Co., Publishers, 1890. Hardcover. Thick Octavo; G+; pp 672; blue spine with embossed text; no jacket; cloth front has embossed borders; gilt lettering and illustration to front; embossed borders to rear; ex-library markings to spine; slight fraying to spine head and tail edges; otherwise minor rubbing wear to edges; sturdy boards; textblock exterior edges have age toned; patterned endpapers; slight tape residue to pastedowns; light foxing to first few pages; some ex-library markings inside; frontispiece with tissue guard; mild offset to fep; interior pages lightly toned; illustrated; slight defect to gutter to p 144; damp interior to tail edges to last few pages; rear pastedown has adhesive residue. 1348664. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1348664
- Title
- The Davis Memorial Volume; or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute to His Memory
- Author
- Jones, J. William (Wm.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- B.F. Johnson & Co., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Richmond
- Date Published
- 1890
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- New
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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