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City Sights for Little Folks
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Smith & Peck, 1845. 6.5 x 8.2 cm. The preface is written in rhyme that gives descriptions of each site and the corresponding plate. 191pp. (1) pp. ad at rear, illustrated with 48 illustrations which includes the title page. Bound in green pictorial gilt cloth depicting firemen putting out a building on fire, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, previous owner's bookplate, a couple tiny nicks to head. A very nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019485
- Title
- City Sights for Little Folks
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith & Peck
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- Children Miniature Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children; Miniature Books;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
We accept Visa, MC, American Express and Discover. All books are carefully described and may be returned within ten day if the customer is not satisfied. Members ABAA, ILAB. Shipping is $5 for US orders based on books weighing 2 lbs. Worldwide shipping available.
About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
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