THE WILDERNESS AND ITS TENANTS: A Series of Geographical and Other Essays Illustrative of Life in a Wild Country together with Experiences and Observations Culled from the Great Book of Nature in Many Lands
by Madden, John
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1897. Leather. VERY GOOD. xvi, 461; 566; 533 pp. Half green morocco leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering, borders and floral decoration, three raised bands, gilt heads, deckled fore and tail edges, marbled endpapers. Tips rubbed, extremities have some petina, very clean and sharp otherwise with no markings. Quite handsome.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 739
- Title
- THE WILDERNESS AND ITS TENANTS
- Author
- Madden, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co
- Date Published
- 1897
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Arches Bookhouse
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Portland, Oregon
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- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...