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Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times Vol. I and II (two volumes)
by Fisher, Sydney Geo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine binding - bound in three quarter calf and marbled boards with five raised bands to spine. Rubbing to extremities, gilt trim and spine decoration. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Straight and tight and unmarked, a handsome set. 390pp., 392pp. ; MCN33256; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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- Bookseller
- McCormick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40306
- Title
- Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times Vol. I and II (two volumes)
- Author
- Fisher, Sydney Geo
- Illustrator
- Edward Stratton Holloway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- U.S. History Americana Culture Manners
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
McCormick Books
Books are shipped immediately upon receipt of payments. Returns allowed within two weeks.
About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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