OVER THE TEACUPS
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin (Riverside Press). Very Good. [1891]1902. Reprint. Hardcover. Breakfast Table Series; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 440 pages; Light brown leather spine and corners show some edgewear, gilt blindstamped design on spine, top gilt. Marbled paper covered boards and end papers. Back hinge appears to have been glued, front hinge intact. Previous owner's name on blank page. This is from the Breakfast Table Series - Handy Volume Edition. Dated MDCCCCII on title page. Very attractive little volume. Binding is Three-Quarter Leather. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3961
- Title
- OVER THE TEACUPS
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin (Riverside Press)
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- [1891]1902
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, leather bound
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; PHILOSOPHY;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...