Peck's Compendium of Fun
by Peck, George W
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago/New York: Belford, Clarke & Co, 1888. Green Cloth w/black deco spine & cover, gilt lettering on spine, 539 pgs. 'Comprising the Immortal Deeds of Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, and all the Choice Gems of Wit, Humor, Sarcasm and Pathos. with 100 illustrations by Emeinent Artists' endpaper/feps missing, binding re-inforced. Clean age toned pgs have a few finger stains. Covers have major spine edge/corner/shelf wear. c1886 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vintage Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010652
- Title
- Peck's Compendium of Fun
- Author
- Peck, George W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Belford, Clarke & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago/New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- NOISBN, ANTIQUARIAN, VINTAGE, HUMOR, SARCASM, FICTION, RARE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Humor;
Terms of Sale
The Vintage Bookstore
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About the Seller
The Vintage Bookstore
Biblio member since 2008
Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania
About The Vintage Bookstore
We are an internet only seller specializing in used, rare and out of print items. Lots of Children's books, Poetry, Literature and Antiquarian titles in Decorative Bindings.All books are on premises and usually ship, carefully wrapped, within 24 hours.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...