Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Tan cloth with red, blue & black pictorial stamping of young boy with letter in hand; black titles and illustration of young boy on spine. Boards clean with a bit of minor age darkening. Illustrations bright. Spine ends gently bumped. Binding just barely starting at top gutter of frontispiece, otherwise quite firm. Contents toned. Gift inscription on verso of front end paper. Dust jacket in poor condition; laid-in. Only front panel, rear panel & rear flap remain. Heavily chipping. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Small World Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 072560
Title: Digging for Gold: A Story of California
Author: Horatio Alger, Jr
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Poor
Publisher: The John C. Winston Co.
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1892
Keywords: JUVENILE SERIES
Bookseller catalogs: Children; Juvenile;

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Poor: A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
Laid-in: "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....