RURAL AFFAIRS: a practical and copiously Illustrated Register of RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE including ... (vol 6 only)
by Thomas, J.J. 03a
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book, no DJ. QUITE NICE BUT: sunned spine, minor cover flaws.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Albany: Luther Tucker & Son. VG book, no DJ. QUITE NICE BUT: sunned spine, minor cover flaws.. 1872. 1st edition. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. NEAR FINE text block. Embossed pebbled brown cloth. Tight. Book stays closed when stood on spine. . 8"x5",326pp. With an extra engraved tp reading: "THE ANNUAL REGISTER of RURAL AFFAIRS for 1870-1-2". Profusely illustrated with woodvuts, mostly in text but a few full page. Near flawless text block, including all 3 text block edges. Book stays closed when stood on its spine, a gign of having been read with care, if at all. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002695
- Title
- RURAL AFFAIRS: a practical and copiously Illustrated Register of RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE including ... (vol 6 only)
- Author
- Thomas, J.J. 03a
- Illustrator
- 440 in text engravings.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book, no DJ. QUITE NICE BUT: sunned spine, minor cover flaws.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Luther Tucker & Son
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1872
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- VG book, no DJ. NEAR FINE text block. Embossed pebbled brown cloth., Tight. Book stays closed when stood on spine.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...