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An Eastern Tour at Home
by Cook, Joel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1889. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ, VG condition; 286 pages, top edge of text block bright gilt. Appears to be First Edition, c. 1889 (same year on title page); 1st printing- no note of further ones. Mustard yellow cloth binding is tight, bright, square & clean w/ light rubbing. Traveler vignette & gold cover & spine lettering intact & totally legible, though parts show a bit of rubbing. No bumps, fray, scuffs or sun. Endpapers & text are tight, bright, clean & unmarked w/ just a hint of toning. NO hinge splits, owner names, notes, etc.: NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy. ***Reliable, fast. (134)
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25
- Title
- An Eastern Tour at Home
- Author
- Cook, Joel
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1889
Terms of Sale
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Media, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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