1860 - BOSTON SIGHTS; And HAND-BOOK FOR VISITORS
by Anon
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Brookfield, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1860. Original Cloth. Very Good. 1860, 225pp, Cloth, Gilt Cov. & Spine,. Poor/No D.j. As Issued. Hardbound. 12mo, 17 Cm,. pp., 225, (10) pp of adverts, illustrated, with wood-cuts vignettes, frontis.(State House), folding map of Boston, reading copy, covers worn, ink notation on end-papers and elsewhere, loose in binding, light water-stainin the gutter of the prelims. A good and complete working copy, of an early Guide to Boston with interesting ads. The cover is titled "Guide to Boston and Suburbs; spine titled "Boston Sights and Stranger Guide"; tanjd the title page "Boston Sights and Hand-Book For Vistors".
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- Bookseller
- Das Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8612
- Title
- 1860 - BOSTON SIGHTS; And HAND-BOOK FOR VISITORS
- Author
- Anon
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Munroe and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- Americana, Travel, New England, History, Geography, Baedeker,
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Brookfield, Connecticut
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- 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...
- Reading Copy
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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...
- 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....
- 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...