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Life and Times of Washington
by Schroeder, John Frederick (George Washington)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION 1857. Gorgeous Set of This Important Biography of Our First President. Illustrated with high quality steel plate engravings. Three quarter deep brown morocco leather over pebbled cloth, beveled boards, raised spine bands, large quarto, 11.25 x 5.00. Near fine condition with a circular stain on the cover of volume one. Slight fading to the spines, a mild stain on the first 15 pages of volume 2, otherwise clean with strong hinges. An attractive set.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 088
- Title
- Life and Times of Washington
- Author
- Schroeder, John Frederick (George Washington)
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Johnson, Fry & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American History, American President's, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Size
- large quarto
Terms of Sale
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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