A History Of The Rise, Progress, And Present Condition Of The Moravian Seminary For Young Ladies, At Bethlehem, Pa. With A Catalogue Of Its Pupils. 1785-1858
by Bigler, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1870. Very good condition hardcover book. Brown cloth covered boards with gold gilt lettering on the front cover and on the spine. Decorative end sheets. Ex seminary library book with the usual stamps, notations, etc. The card pouch has been removed leaving residue. The text block appears to be notation and defect free. The book has beveled boards. This is a well preserved book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JPollard Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8670
- Title
- A History Of The Rise, Progress, And Present Condition Of The Moravian Seminary For Young Ladies, At Bethlehem, Pa. With A Catalogue Of Its Pupils. 1785-1858
- Author
- Bigler, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia PA
- Date Published
- 1870
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
JPollard Bookseller
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About the Seller
JPollard Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
About JPollard Bookseller
Seller of new ,used and rare books. Book store is open Fridays usually 10-7 and Saturdays 10-5.
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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