ROADSIDE SONGS OF TUSCANY
by Ruskin, John (Editor)/Alexander, Francesca (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1885. 340 pp. Original brown decorative cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed w/ light sunning to spine and edges. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Light foxing throughout. Illust. w/ plates.. Hard Cover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Francesca Alexander. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20393LITP
- Title
- ROADSIDE SONGS OF TUSCANY
- Author
- Ruskin, John (Editor)/Alexander, Francesca (Translator)
- Illustrator
- Francesca Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- LITERATURE POETRY POEMS POETS RUSKIN JOHN BALLADS MINOR POEMS PERSONS POETIC WORKS POETICAL WORKS LITERARY WORKS ILLUSTRATED FRANCESCA ALEXANDER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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