PICTURESQUE AMERICA; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation By Pen and Pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, canons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country.
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stockton, California, United States
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About This Item
Folio. Two volumes, bound in full leather with beveled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. Some wear to extremities of binding, else in very good condition. Text block tight and sound except for first signature of 2nd volume which has pulled loose.
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- Bookseller
- Maxwell's Bookmark (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18982
- Title
- PICTURESQUE AMERICA; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation By Pen and Pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, canons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1872.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Maxwell's Bookmark
Returnable for any reason within 7 days of receipt
About the Seller
Maxwell's Bookmark
Biblio member since 2005
Stockton, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.