THE SKETCH BOOK
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Houlton, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Yrok: John B. Alden, 1886 This hardback is in FAIR CONDITION. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 307 pages bound in partial leather and partial marbled boards. Spine covering missing. Marbles edges all around, with marbled front/back end pages. Book has surface wear and front hinge starting, back hinge tight. Owners name with date of 1886 on fly page. FAIRLY GOOD COPY with frontis of author which is tissue guarded. Includes chapters on the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and a History of New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000075
- Title
- THE SKETCH BOOK
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John B. Alden
- Place of Publication
- New Yrok
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- "Washington Irving" "early novel" Travel "Sleepy Hollow" "New York" "John Bull"
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Monroe Bridge Books
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About the Seller
Monroe Bridge Books
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Houlton, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.