A History of New -York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
by Knickerbocker, Diedrich (Washington Irving)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Glasgow: John Wylie & Co., 1821. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372pp. Full leather, leather label. Neatly rebacked, original label, some chipping to upper edges, but binding is overall sound. Text is tanned and occasionally foxed, some separation at title page, owner's name on title page, binding is tight.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003128
- Title
- A History of New -York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
- Author
- Knickerbocker, Diedrich (Washington Irving)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Wylie & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1821
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Satire
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Literature and Fiction; Humor;
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Glossary
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...