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Green-Wood Cemetery: A History of the Institution from 1838 to 1864
by Nehemiah Cleaveland
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Anderson & Archer, 1866. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1866 1st edition of this mid 19th century history of Brooklyn's legendary Greenwood Cemetery. Unusually clean and tight in its gilt-decorated, pebbled dark-green boards, with crisp gilt-titling and decorative blindstamping and rule along the spine and rear panel respectively. An easily Near Fine copy. Tall quarto, all edges bright gilt. Internally immaculate as well, with no writing or markings of any kind, and with all of the original tissue-guards in place and protecting the 18 lovely engravings. The sharpest copy this bookseller has seen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22612
- Title
- Green-Wood Cemetery: A History of the Institution from 1838 to 1864
- Author
- Nehemiah Cleaveland
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Anderson & Archer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- rare cemetery histories, rare New York, famous new York cemeteries, rare Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Pebbled
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- 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....
- Quarto
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- Crisp
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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