The Fifth Reader
by Sheldon, E. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (c. 1875). HB. Quarter brown leather over green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8 vo, 432 pp. Owners name ffep, writing in pencil rear paste-down, no marks in text. Minor moisture stain to of pages, not affecting text, rear hinge cracked and weak. Covers show edge wear, corners worn through to boards. Book condition Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CJ4677
- Title
- The Fifth Reader
- Author
- Sheldon, E. A
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c. 1875)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
All books returnable within two weeks of receipt for any reason with full refund. Return postage will be reimbursed if book not as described or damaged in transit. Payment by check or money order in U.S. dollars, or payment via credit card through the Biblio check-out.
About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...