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Peter Parley's Tales About Rome and Italy
by Parley, Peter (Samuel Griswold Goodrich)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London [about 1842]: T. Allman, 1842. Early English Edition . Blue Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 5" Tall. Frontispiece And Illustrated Title Page. 184 pp. Original blue boards, stamped with gilt lettering and ornate design on spine, stamped in blind on covers, yellow endpapers. No names or marks, light rubbing at corners, gilt with light rubbing but all there, contents clean, some foxing to edges of page block.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025648
- Title
- Peter Parley's Tales About Rome and Italy
- Author
- Parley, Peter (Samuel Griswold Goodrich)
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece And Illustrated Title Page
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth, Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early English Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Allman
- Place of Publication
- London [about 1842]
- Date Published
- 1842
- Size
- 5" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1600 - 1850;
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
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