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Oriental Customs
by Burder, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1807. Hardcover. g. 2 volumes. 8vo. Ex library. xv,431pp. 418pp. Original calf with gilt decorated spine. Title plate. Library plates to spine. Half-title page states: "Woodward's First American Edition, Philadelphia, May 7th, 1807." The true first edition was published in 1804. This copy is greatly expanded compared to the 1804 edition. Scarce work not in Rosenbach! Spine has been crudely glued by previous owner. Front board split along spine on Vol.I. but still attached. Rubbing and scuffing to boards. Corners bumped and rubbed. 3 small pieces of cello-tape residue on front and rear endpaper. Page 155 in Vol. I incorrectly numbered 145, as issued. Library stamp-and pocket in front endpaper. Signature of previous owner on title page. "Oriental Customs or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an explanatory application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and especially the Jews, therein alluded to, together with observations on many difficult and obscure texts, collected from the most celebrated travellers, and the most eminent critics." Binding in fair, interior in very good condition.
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Details
- Seller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14393
- Title
- Oriental Customs
- Author
- Burder, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William W. Woodward
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1807
- Keywords
- Bible commentaries, Judaica, Jewish customs, Jewish social life
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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