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The Dead Monkey, and Other Stories
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Henry Hoyt, 1870. Cloth. Very Good. 18mo. 64 pp. Green publisher's cloth with blind-ruled boards and decorative gilt "Sunbeam Library" border to spine titling. Spine cocked, cloth rubbed, corners and board edges bumped. Small hole to cloth of top front joint. Rear hinge split but holding tight. Light soiling to eps, previous owner's pencil name to flyleaf. Half title page printed in red and black. Black and white text decoration, chapter headings, illustrations throughout. Part of the Sunbeam Library children's series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 596
- Title
- The Dead Monkey, and Other Stories
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Hoyt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- cloth, children's, illustrated, boston
Terms of Sale
small volume
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About the Seller
small volume
Biblio member since 2023
Providence, Rhode Island
About small volume
Small Volume is based out of Providence, RI. We buy + sell old, rare, odd, unusual, and otherwise collectible books + ephemera.
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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