The Century Co New York/T Fisher Unwin London 1882 VG (half leather, dark blue boards with dark blue leather spine and corners, gilt lettering and gilt bandfs on spine, leather rubbed edges of corners and spine, clean orange endpapers neatly reinforced at hinges with tape, a very good clean tight copy with no foxing) large octavo 960pp. Bound volume of issues May 1882 to October 1882. Articles, stories, poems, engravings, b/w illustrations throughout. Covers wide range of topics including illustrated articles on the evolution of the American yacht and steam yachting in America.

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Bookseller: lobstabooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 34593
Title: THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE May 1882 to October 1882 New Series Vol II
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Century Co New York/T Fisher Unwin London 1882
Bookseller catalogs: Antiquarian;

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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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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....
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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...