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Historic Fields and Mansions of Middlesex Illustrated
by Drake, Samuel Adams
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874 Hard cover, 8vo, (measuring 5 x 8 inches ) in green cloth, bevelled edged boards, with gilt illustration to front board, titles and publisher's logo to the spine in gilt. Top edge gilt, glazed brown end papers, (xiv), fold-out map unnumbered, 442pp. Condition: Very Good Minus. Shelfwear with moderate fraying to head and tail of spine. Slightly shaken, otherwise clean and gently age toned. Now in mylar. Old gift inscription in pencil to ffep dated 1924. ** The Author, Samuel Adams Drake (1833-1905), presents this as a "wandering" set of essays touching on interesting people, places and happenings in old Middlesex County, in the Boston, Massachusetts area. He worked as a journalist and published twenty three books. His better-known father, Samuel G. Drake, also was a notable author of Americana. This book contains early examples of the heliotype--" a printing process in which an impression is taken in ink from a gelatine surface that has been exposed under a negative and prepared for printing." There are 20 unnumbered, tissue-guarded leaves of such plates, plus the map, in this volume, as well as traditional engravings. WorldCat says this is only the third heliotype book published in the US. by Osgood (Hanson). OCLC 2859336. Scarce.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8861
- Title
- Historic Fields and Mansions of Middlesex Illustrated
- Author
- Drake, Samuel Adams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1874
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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