The Pictorial Library of Useful Information. Comprising a Complete Library of Useful and Entertaining Literature..
by Percival Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Sandusky. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in 1/4 black leather over marbled boards, spine in compartments with morocco labels. Modest foxing and browning throughout, but otherwise clean. With 250 engravings. Curiously uncommon. viii, 5-520pp. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Reference; Children. Inventory No: 044911.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044911
- Title
- The Pictorial Library of Useful Information. Comprising a Complete Library of Useful and Entertaining Literature..
- Author
- Percival Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Quarter Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sandusky
- Keywords
- Reference; Children. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- 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....