Wonderful Characters, Comprising Memoirs And Anecdotes Of The Most Remarkable Persons Of Every Age And Nation
by Wilson, Henry
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Richmond, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, for Sale By William Burnett. Good. 1834. First american. Leather. Three quarter brown leather on boards covered with purple cloth with raised foliage decoration; the spine with four wide raised tooled bands with gilt decoration, gilt rules, and gilt lettering; marbled endpapers and marbled foredges. 511 pages including index, engraved frontispiece, decorative title page, 16 other engraved illustrations. Minimal marks, Bangor Theological Seminary (in ink on Title Page: "Theol. Seminary Library/Bangor"; small printed sticker on spine) ; rubbing of leather at hinges and corners; fading of cloth at top of front and reat covers; front hinge cracked, holding by cords; text block has solid sewn binding; minor foxing scattered through text; otherwise unmarked, clean, copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Frenchboro Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30881
- Title
- Wonderful Characters, Comprising Memoirs And Anecdotes Of The Most Remarkable Persons Of Every Age And Nation
- Author
- Wilson, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First american
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, for Sale By William Burnett
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1834
Terms of Sale
Frenchboro Books
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About the Seller
Frenchboro Books
Biblio member since 2005
Richmond, Maine
About Frenchboro Books
We handle books from academic libraries (from institutions and scholars), both deaccessions and gift books from alumni, and from closed Seminary Bookstores. Our original location was on a remote island in Maine, the Island of Frenchboro, and thus the origin of our name. For a time we operated a brick and mortar store in Bangor four days a week, and then moved that to the Antique Marketplace on Main Street in Bangor, which still caries some of our stock. The major stock of our business is now housed in Louisville, Colorado. Our listings can include a wide range of material, but the majority are non-fiction, scholarly works.
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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