Deephaven

Bookseller

Blue Whale Books, ABAA (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

021376

Title

Deephaven

Author

Jewett, Sarah Orne

Format/Binding

Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, all edges stained red, green-black endpapers

Book Condition

Used - Very Good

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First edition, first state. BAL 10871: p.65 l.16 ends with "was"

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

James R. Osgood and Company

Place of Publication

Boston

Date Published

1877

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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...

First Edition

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Cracked

In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...

BAL

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Hinge

The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.

Cloth

"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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...

First State

used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...