OLDFIELD: A KENTUCKY TALE OF THE LAST CENTURY.
by BANKS, Nancy Huston
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering and elaborate latticed arbor in gilt on upper board, octavo, pp. ix, 431. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers incorporating the author's initials in an attractive design. Tissue-guarded color frontis and seven other color illustrations, as called for, by Harper Pennington. Hinges are tender. Front gutter netting shows through. Upper corner tip missing on free front endpaper. Shelf rubs at board tips and spine ends. Minor foxing. Withal, about GOOD condition.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002297
- Title
- OLDFIELD: A KENTUCKY TALE OF THE LAST CENTURY.
- Author
- BANKS, Nancy Huston
- Illustrator
- Harper PENNINGTON
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York and London: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern interest; Kentucky;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....