Samuel Adams (American Statesmen)
by Hosmer, James K.; (John T. Morse, Jr., Series Editor)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 442, [8] pages, indexed. Hardcover in blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Binding has rubbing and wear, and the spine is especially rubbed. Text is toned. Front inner hinge is secure, but the rear inner hinge is cracking with the muslin beneath exposed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051269
- Title
- Samuel Adams (American Statesmen)
- Author
- Hosmer, James K.; (John T. Morse, Jr., Series Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1885; James K. Hosmer; Samuel Adams; American Revolution; Revolutionary War; Founding Father; Politics; Americana; Collectible; American Statesmen; 19th Century; Rare; History; Biography.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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"...