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The European Scrap Book - The Year's Golden Harvest of Thought and Achievement
by NA
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1928. Large Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Second Printing, Sept 1928 (24,000 copies). Was first published August, 1928, 10,000 copies. Taupe buckram spine covering with taupe cloth bound boards, gilt titled within scroll outlined panel on front with gilt design; gilt lettering on spine nearly rubbed off; very clean and unmarked, corners slightly pressed in. Tight and solid sewn binding. Bookplate on paste-down, front endpaper slit up from the bottom right next to hinge; very small pale library stamp on endpaper with discard stamp, no other lib marks. Frontis: portrait of George Bernard Shaw, onion-skin protected with black lettering on side opposite the portrait. Illustrated title page. Illustration plates, b/w and full colour. Pages very clean and free of any markings, evenly toned, double column format. 1928 European-writings of and about such personages and topics as George Bernard Shaw, George Meredith, Clare Sheridan, Mussolini, Anatole France, Trader Horn, Socialism, London Slums, Ethics, Literature, H.G.Wells, and many and much more. 398 pages. 8 x 10.75 inches. W. H. Wise & Co., New York, 1928.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014698
- Title
- The European Scrap Book - The Year's Golden Harvest of Thought and Achievement
- Author
- NA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wm. H. Wise & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- EUROPEAN HISTORY; JOURNALISM; LITERATURE; DRAMA; ETHICS; SOCIALISM; HISTORTY
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. European;
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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