The Homes of Our Ancestors: As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York -- From the Beginnings of New England Through the Early Days of the Republic
by R.T.H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, Long Island: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1925. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1925 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its wonderful marbled boards. And in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. "Illustrated with many elegant plates" (a number of them in rich color).
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19318
- Title
- The Homes of Our Ancestors: As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York -- From the Beginnings of New England Through the Early Days of the Republic
- Author
- R.T.H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, Long Island
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- rare American history, rare Americana
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...