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James Talcott: Merchant and His Times
by Hillyer, William Hurd
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Cohoes, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Top edge gilt in good condition. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, xiii, 197 pages, color frontispiece with captioned tissue and 12 b & w illustrations. Back cover scuffed, small dent in bottom edge of front cover, minor foxing on top edge of illustrations and pages on either side, gift inscription on front free end paper, light mildew odor. Overall, a nice copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 12 oz. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 002542. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dennis Holzman Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002542
- Title
- James Talcott: Merchant and His Times
- Author
- Hillyer, William Hurd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- BZDB7 NOISBN James Talcott: Merchant and His Times, James Talcott Biography, Merchants American History, the Chromo Age Biography & Autobiography; Books; James Talcott Merchant and His Times Hillyer William Hurd
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Dennis Holzman Antiques
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About the Seller
Dennis Holzman Antiques
Biblio member since 2003
Cohoes, New York
About Dennis Holzman Antiques
Dennis Holzman Antiques, est. 1975, sells select antiques, hard-to-find & antiquarian books, manuscripts, and autographs both on-line and our Cohoes, N.Y. shop. We take pride in our accurate & complete book descriptions, our fast shipping, and our attention to customer service. All of our on-line books are in stock and ready to ship within 48 hours of receiving your order/payment. We answer all inquiries and welcome your questions. Visit our website: www.holzmanantiques.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Mildew
- Mildew is an all-too-common affliction that plagues books and erodes their collectibility, value and preservation. A fungus...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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