A White Umbrella In Mexico
by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1894. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettering on white & grey covers. 12mo, 227pp. Top edge gilt. Spine cocked, edges & corners worn, binding tight. Ex-Pequot Library book with bookplate. Contents fine
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- Bookseller
- NWJBOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004209
- Title
- A White Umbrella In Mexico
- Author
- F. Hopkinson Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1894
- Pages
- 227
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Mexico; travel
Terms of Sale
NWJBOOKS
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About the Seller
NWJBOOKS
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About NWJBOOKS
Specializing in signed, rare and out of print books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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