A Pictorial History of The World's Great Nations From the Earliest Dates to the Present Time [3 volumes]
by Yonge, Charlotte M
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Selmar Hess, 1882. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 3 volumes, complete as issued. Uniformly bound in period 3/4 brown morocco over pebbled cloth, spines with raised bands and gilt tooling, elaborately gilt large globe designs at center of front covers, marbled edges and endpapers (spines faded; some wear to edges; small chip to top of spine of volume one; spines split on front hinge & pulling away; upper hinge of volume III cracked and pulling away). PROVENANCE: Bookplate of Thomas L. Jacobs in each volume.Steel-engraved Plates; b/w Illustrations in Text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00510793
- Title
- A Pictorial History of The World's Great Nations From the Earliest Dates to the Present Time [3 volumes]
- Author
- Yonge, Charlotte M
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Selmar Hess
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- History Leather Sets WHAR.792, , , , , , , ,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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