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The Club; Or, a Gray Cap for a Green Head: a Dialogue between a Father and Son, Interspersed with Characters Containing Maxims, Advice, and Cautions
by James Puckle
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chiswick Press. Very Good+. 1834. Hardcover. 1834 (Reprint of the 1733 Edition) , 12mo (approx 4.25 x 6.5) [xx] 128pp, Illustrated. Red-Leather Over Marble Boards with Matching End-Papers, 5 Raised Bands with gilt Decorated Compartments, Title, Author, and Printing Year, All Edges Gilt. In Very Good++ condition with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing no separation or starting, firm corners and end-caps, and no annotations, foxing, or mold. Some general rubbing and shelf-wear to the outer covers. Title Page and Frontispiece shows signs of damp-staining, but strangely enough, no other pages are effected. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8877
- Title
- The Club; Or, a Gray Cap for a Green Head: a Dialogue between a Father and Son, Interspersed with Characters Containing Maxims, Advice, and Cautions
- Author
- James Puckle
- Illustrator
- John Thurston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Chiswick Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1834
- Keywords
- Fine Binding, Leather Binding, Illustrated, 19th Century, History, ADVICE, Fraternity, England, London
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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