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The Central Park; Photographed by W.H. Guild, Jr., with Descriptions and a Historical Sketch, by Fred. B. Perkins
by GUILD, W.H. and FRED. B. PERKINS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Rocky River, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Carleton, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. 9.5 x 11.625 in. [2 blanks], 78, 4 [blanks] pp. + 51 unnumbered leaves. Fully illustrated with 50 mounted albumen prints ("views"), each approx. 3.25 x 4.75 in., plus oval title-page vignette of the Music Pavillion and 7.75 x 3.75 frontispiece photograph, described in the preface as "a prophecy...a photograph from an engraving on stone of the Terrace and the Mall, somewhat as they are to look in time to come‚ with fountain, statuary, and adornments complete, and the shadowy leafage of the trees canopying the Mall" (Preface, p. 6). Perkins' text, his Historical Sketch, accompanies the plates and is "chiefly concerned about the aesthetic career of the park" (Preface, p. 5). Very good in original dark brown pebbled calf over bevelled boards, neatly rebacked, hinges neatly reinforced with hinge tape. Titled in gilt on spine and upper cover, a.e.g. with dentelle. Very good. Moderate wear to leather, with some scraping and rubbing. Reading room presentation stamp to front free endpaper. Some light spotting & soiling at front & rear to margins of text, which otherwise remains quite clean and bright. Covers very sturdy, binding secure. A very scarce photographic guide and panegyric of Central Park, published only six years after its establishment, and written by noted editor and librarian Frederic Beecher Perkins (1828-1899).
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- Bookseller
- Cleveland Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9818
- Title
- The Central Park; Photographed by W.H. Guild, Jr., with Descriptions and a Historical Sketch, by Fred. B. Perkins
- Author
- GUILD, W.H. and FRED. B. PERKINS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carleton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- Photography
Terms of Sale
Cleveland Book Company
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Rocky River, Ohio
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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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