Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great
by Hubbard, Elbert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Putnam. Near Fine. 1895. Hardcover. Shakespeare, Thackery, Swift, Dickens, J. M. W. Turner, Gladstone, Goldsmith, Wordsworth, etc. Very pretty copy in blue cloth covers with blind stamped and gilt decorations; previous owner name dated "Christmas '98" on front end paper. Top edge gilt, untrimmed (deckeled) fore edge. Portraits with tissue guards. Stated as the "10th thousand." ; B&W Portraits; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 366 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12255
- Title
- Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great
- Author
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Decorated Cover, Decorated Trade Binding, Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...