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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XLVII
by Various
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XLVII, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. Quarto, pp. viii, 952, June-November 1873, 6 issues of the magazine with marbled boards quarter-bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering to spine, former owner's name on endpages, very good with rubbed extremities. Includes two articles on piracy written and illustrated by Howard Pyle, plus illustrated articles by Charles Nordhoff, the famous co-author of the Bounty trilogy, on Hawaii and the Sacramento valley. Also here is an illustrated article on the Hampton Institute, the famous school for African-Americans in Virginia. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; United States; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55133. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55133
- Title
- Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XLVII
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Quarter Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Business, Finance & Marketing; United States; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded Various Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XLVII
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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