Switzerland: Picturesque and Descriptive
by COOK, Joel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt pictorial stamping. viii, 519pp. Top edge gilt. 24 tissue-guarded full-page plates. Very good. Spine just a tad sunned, else wonderfully tight and bright; nonauthorial contemporary gift inscription; lacks frontisiece. Handsome first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38680
- Title
- Switzerland: Picturesque and Descriptive
- Author
- COOK, Joel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1904
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...