Grosset & Dunlap, 1906. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Autobiography of important figure in American Labor. Ex school-library copy with expected markings, text block clean and tight. Spine slightly cocked. Blue cloth boards quite good, no rubbing or fraying. Includes frontis and numerous illustrations

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Bookseller: Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000895
Title: The Making of an American
Author: Riis, Jacob A
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published: 1906
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Children's Nonfiction;

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....
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....
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.