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Elegant Narratives: 24 Short Stories including The African Servant (Slave)
by Various
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Reading Copy/None
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover book with 24 Narratives. The African Servant tells the story of a boy looking for sea shells by the shore when white sailors take hime and he never sees his mother or father again. He is taken to Jamaica where he is sold to an American who keeps him in his house as his servant. Three years before this Narrative he is resold to a new "massa" a Captain of a ship. It tells of his conversian to Christianity in order to go to heaven. This book is only a reading copy. It is heavily foxed with damp staining but no smells. No date but research shows it was published circa 1850. There is an ownership inscription date June 18th, 1865 in pencil on the ffep with a previous ownership removed. The front hinge is cracked. The book is complete but a couple of sections have detached from the top to middle strings. The spine is very cocked with the endcaps very worn. The corners and bottom edge is also worn. The cloth has tears along the edge of the backstrip. Personalization in pencil from Ohio on back end page with a line of advice inside back cover. Block type illustration at the beginning of each story. Book is religious in nature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksnvintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1013
- Title
- Elegant Narratives
- Author
- Various
- Illustrator
- Illustrations on the first page of each narrative.
- Format/Binding
- See photos
- Book Condition
- Used - Reading Copy
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- assumed first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- circa 1850 (Ownership date on FF
- Pages
- 24 Narratives, see contents photo
- Size
- About 7 1/2 x 4 3/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Tract Society
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles; Literary Collection; Religion;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
booksnvintage
Biblio member since 2008
Winfield, Illinois
About booksnvintage
booksnvintage is an on-line bookseller that specializes in more contemporary books that are hard to find, first editions, educational, or in some way special. A picture is worth a thousand words which is why the majority of my listings have at least one photo.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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,...
- 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....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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