Under the Cross
by B.K.P
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Hollis Center, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Henry Hoyt, 1869 Book. Good. Hardcover. A rare copy of post-Civil War Christian verse. 258 pages, all edges gilt, several religious plates. Lacks page following ffep, probably blank or a half title. Lacks foxing except for first few leaves and frontis tissue guard. Rear inner hinge cracked, small exterior chip in spine cloth..
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Details
- Bookseller
- UHR Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023544
- Title
- Under the Cross
- Author
- B.K.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Henry Hoyt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- Poems, Poetry, Poets, Verse, Rare, Collectible, American, Religious, Christian, 19th Century
Terms of Sale
UHR Books
Prices are net to all and returns are only accepted if the book is not as described.
About the Seller
UHR Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hollis Center, Maine
About UHR Books
A large collection of about 45,000 books, one third of which are in the medical area.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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