The Leisure Hour Library vol. 3 no. 185 1887 [Christmas issue]
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1887. Paperback. Fair. [2], 64 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Printed wrappers included in pagination. Contents: portraits of famous men and women; fancy work designs; games, including enigmas, riddles, conundrums, puzzles, rebuses, and charades; money-making secrets; lyrics to popular songs; selections for autograph albums; chemical experiments; popular recitations; and parlor games and lessons in magic. This is the Mammoth Christmas Budget and as such does not contain the usual novel or other work by a celebrated author. In Fair Condition: first 3 leaves and last leaf are detached but present; old repairs to some of the edges of the first leaf and last leaf have left the edges darkened; chipping to edges of first and last leaves, with loss of paper along edges of first leaf and along spine of last leaf; pages are clean but brittle.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001889
- Title
- The Leisure Hour Library vol. 3 no. 185 1887 [Christmas issue]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- F.M. Lupton Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ephemera; Christmas;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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....
- 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...