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SUN LORE OF ALL AGES A COLLECTION OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS CONCERNING THE SUN AND ITS WORSHIP
by Olcott, William Tyler
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Putnam, 1914.. xiii,[1],346,[6]pp. Frontis and 29 plates and photographs. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. Spine a shade dull, a few small marks and spots to upper board, otherwise a very good, tight copy. Very uncommon. First edition of this substantial study by the attorney turned amateur astronomer. This copy is in one of at least two variant bindings in which this title appears and of those two, this copy is in the least elaborate binding (top edges plain, without pictorial vignette on upper board).
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88706
- Title
- SUN LORE OF ALL AGES A COLLECTION OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS CONCERNING THE SUN AND ITS WORSHIP
- Author
- Olcott, William Tyler
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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