LETTERS OF TRAVEL
by Brooks, Phillips
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Glen Head, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York 1893 first edition. Dutton. Hardcover octavo. Maroon clothwith gilt border and gilt spine lettering. 386p. Original black end papers - hinges not cracked or broken. Top edge gilt. VG Plus. no owner marks. Text clean and binding secure. Contemporary news clipping with poem by Brooks laid in. no dj. Once Anglican Bishop in Massachusetts. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Xerxesbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- a110490
- Title
- LETTERS OF TRAVEL
- Author
- Brooks, Phillips
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- anglican episcopalian massachusetts memoir
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About the Seller
Xerxesbooks
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Glen Head, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...