The American Orator: Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens
by Cooke, Increase
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke. Used - Good. 1814. Second edition, 1814. Leatherbound. 8vo. 408 pp. Significant wear and very heavy scuffing & rubbing to boards, creasing and cracking to spine & joints, chipping to tail of spine. Corners bumped. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Front hinge starting, front binding worn and fragile. Significant foxing and toning to pages which remain otherwise clean and unmarked. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: American Studies.)
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
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- Q19242
- Title
- The American Orator: Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens
- Author
- Cooke, Increase
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...