Pages and Pictures
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W. A. Townsend & Co., 1861. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brown leather over boards. Ornate gilt stamped on covers and spine. Gilt dentelle. All edges gilt. Some rubbing on extremities and corners. Top of spine is pulled with some loss. There is a crease along center of spine. Gilt, red and yellow floral endpapers. Some foxing throughout. One signature is a little loose, but not free from the book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033197
- Title
- Pages and Pictures
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. A. Townsend & Co.
- Date Published
- 1861
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Terms of Sale
Bearly Read Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bearly Read Books
Biblio member since 2022
Sudbury, Massachusetts
About Bearly Read Books
Bearly Read Books offers a selection of rare used and antiquarian books with a concentration on the classics, military and children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- 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...
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