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THE GOLD THREAD: A Story for the Young
by MacLeod, Rev. Norman
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket as issued
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Richmond: E. Thompson baird, 1869. First edition thus. Cloth. Good/No jacket as issued. J. D. Watson, GourlaymSteell, J. MacWhirter. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mo., viii, 114pp., illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 3 additional engraved plates. Bound in Publisher's blind embossed green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Light wear to the cloth, particularly a small area below the title on the spine. Spine moderately slanted toward the leading edge. Plates lightly foxed, with one plate loose. Front end paper foxed. Overall, a Good copy of this scarce Richmond edition. ****First published in "Good words" in England in 1860.****.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000843
- Title
- THE GOLD THREAD: A Story for the Young
- Author
- MacLeod, Rev. Norman
- Illustrator
- J. D. Watson, GourlaymSteell, J. MacWhirter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- E. Thompson baird
- Place of Publication
- Richmond
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- Juvenile, fiction, adventure
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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