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The History of the Boston Athenaeum: With Biographical Notices of Its Deceased Founders
by Quincy, Josiah
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1104448890
- ISBN 13
- 9781104448899
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A: Metcalf and Company, 1851. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 6" x 10. FAIR / NO DUST JACKET. xii, 104 pp. Text clean and unmarked. Blue buckram boards with embossed borders, lettered in gilt at spine. Lower corners rubbed, spine top and tail rubbed and frayed. Joints and hinges good, binding firm.
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- Bookseller
- RPL Library Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026370
- Title
- The History of the Boston Athenaeum: With Biographical Notices of Its Deceased Founders
- Author
- Quincy, Josiah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1104448890
- ISBN 13
- 9781104448899
- Publisher
- Metcalf and Company
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1851
- Size
- 6" x 10
- Keywords
- Library History
- X weight
- 0 oz
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Glossary
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...