THE FURNITURE OF OUR FOREFATHERS. PART III: EARLY NEW ENGLAND IMPORTED AND HOME-MADE PIECES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. PART IV: DUTCH AND ENGLISH PERIODS, NEW YORK FROM 1675 TO 1776
by Singleton, Esther; Critical Description of the Plates By Russell Sturgis
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday , Page & Company, 1901. EDITION DE LUXE, ONE OF 50 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPAN PAPER. Parts III and IV bound as Volume 2. This copy is No. 48. Large quarto in original three-quarter brown morocco with five raised spine bands.gilt ruling and lettering. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Hand-colored chapter devices. Rubbing to edges, rear cover detached. Internally quite bright and nice. Deserving of restoration. . Limited. Three-Quarter Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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- Title
- THE FURNITURE OF OUR FOREFATHERS. PART III: EARLY NEW ENGLAND IMPORTED AND HOME-MADE PIECES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. PART IV: DUTCH AND ENGLISH PERIODS, NEW YORK FROM 1675 TO 1776
- Author
- Singleton, Esther; Critical Description of the Plates By Russell Sturgis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Doubleday , Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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