The Gallery of English and American Women Famous in Song (Complete in One Volume)
by Coppee, Henry (ed)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co. , 1875. Bound in full leather with beautiful gilt tooling on the beveled cover. Gilt dentelling on the inside of the boards. Gilt on all edges. Raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. Would be very good if the front Board was not free with some preliminary pages. Leather of the spine is free on one hinge. The binding is tight though, despite the free leather. 113 steel engravings. Illustrated throughout. . Full Morocco Leather. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009428
- Title
- The Gallery of English and American Women Famous in Song (Complete in One Volume)
- Author
- Coppee, Henry (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- J.M. Stoddart & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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...
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