The Jacob Weiss Letter Book: 1778-1781
by Boyer, Melville J. [Editor]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
H. Ray Haas & Co. , 1956. Hardcover. Good. Volume 21 containing the letters of Jacob Weiss, the Deputy Quartermaster General of the Revolution. Copyrighted 1956 by the Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown, PA. Navy blue textured (buckram) boards. No DJ. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Dented, bumped, and worn worn corner tips, heel and head of spine. Boards scuffed and dirty. Worn along edges of spine. Top of text block lightly foxed. Slightly yellowed pages, with darker yellowing around the edges of paste down, free end pages and in the hinges. Unmarked pages and the binding is strong. 162 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Quirky Used Books & More (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220714005
- Title
- The Jacob Weiss Letter Book: 1778-1781
- Author
- Boyer, Melville J. [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- H. Ray Haas & Co.
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 1.06 lbs
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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....
- Edges
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....