Over The Border: Acadia, The Home of "Evangeline
by Chase, Eliza B
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1884. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo. 215 pp. Green cloth w/ gilt titling and black stamped illustration of the branches of an eastern white pine tree. Floral endpapers. Rubbing to cloth along spine strip and corners. Bookplate of Susie I. Grier to fpd. 4cm split to rear hinge. Interior clean. With illustrations in helio-type from water-color sketches by the author. Inspired by Longfellow, a party of 8 travels by rail to Acadia, Canada.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307
- Title
- Over The Border: Acadia, The Home of "Evangeline
- Author
- Chase, Eliza B
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Canada, Nova Scotia, Travel, Railways
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Providence, Rhode Island
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...