VENETIAN LIFE
by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK: HURD AND HOUGHTON, 1867. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 398 p. 1867. FOURTH EDITION. INCLUDES ADVERTISEMENT TO SECOND EDITION PREVIOUS TO CONTENT PAGE. BOOK DESCRIPTION: FINE GREEN CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT AND BLIND STAMPED TITLE AND FRAMED BORDERS. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 1 3/8." CONDITION: VERY GOOD; EXPOSED GUTTER AT FRONT ENDPAPER, 1 1/4" CLOTH TEAR AT REAR BOTTOM HINGE, CHIPPED SPINE COVER AT CROWN/HEEL, LIGHT PENCIL NOTES AT FRONT/REAR END PAPER, CLEAN TEXT, STRONG SPINE.
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Details
- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000949
- Title
- VENETIAN LIFE
- Author
- WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- HURD AND HOUGHTON
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- Essays & Travelogues, General, General, Great Britain, Reference
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
De Coux and Associates Books
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Crockett, California
About De Coux and Associates Books
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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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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