Johnsville in the Olden Time, and Other Stories.
by Bailey, Nathan J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Edward O. Jenkins' Sons, 1884. Stories of downstate New York and the Hudson Valley in the 1800s, reminscent of Washington Irving. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling, beveled boards, all edges gilt. Light wear, corners rubbed. Text clean; 255 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p1335
- Title
- Johnsville in the Olden Time, and Other Stories.
- Author
- Bailey, Nathan J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward O. Jenkins' Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- New York, Fishkill, Dobbs Ferry
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...