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The Circle of Useful Knowledge; For the Use of Farmers, Mechanics, Merchants, Manufacturers, Surveyors, Housekeepers, Professional Men, Etc.
by Kinsley, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine and hinges cracked, shaken, owner name on front free endpaper, pages toned.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Clinton, IA: Self Published. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine and hinges cracked, shaken, . owner name on front free endpaper, pages toned.. 1885. Later Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt. Home remedies, horse training, carpentry skills, dyeing, farming, winemaking, and many other instructions and recipes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50564
- Title
- The Circle of Useful Knowledge; For the Use of Farmers, Mechanics, Merchants, Manufacturers, Surveyors, Housekeepers, Professional Men, Etc.
- Author
- Kinsley, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine and hinges cracked, shaken, owner name on front free endpaper, pages toned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Self Published
- Place of Publication
- Clinton, IA
- Date Published
- 1885
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Home Remedies, FARMING
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Art and Science of Country Living;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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