TEN YEARS AMONG THE MAIL BAGS: Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department
by Holbrook, J. (Editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: H. Cowperthwait & Company, 1856. 432 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Title rubbed. Corners bumped. Sunning to spine and edges. Binding is scuffed. Wear to extremities. Previous owner's name on ffep. Also name stamp on title pg. Light foxing and staining throughout. Hinges loose. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. . Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9730IND
- Title
- TEN YEARS AMONG THE MAIL BAGS: Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department
- Author
- Holbrook, J. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- H. Cowperthwait & Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Industry, Americana, American History, Business, Post Office, Mail
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- Industry;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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