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Crock of Gold: With Twelve Illustrations in Colour and Decorative Headings and Tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie.
by STEPHENS, James
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. MACKENZIE, Thomas. . The Crock of Gold. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour and Decorative Headings and Tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
With twelve color plates, including frontispiece and numerous black and white headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 193 x 136 mm). [8], [1]-[228] pp.
Full blue morocco. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Spine lightly sunned. Front outer hinge and board edges a bit rubbed. Endpapers with some offsetting from the dentelles. Overall, very good.
HBS 65774.
$250.
With twelve color plates, including frontispiece and numerous black and white headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 193 x 136 mm). [8], [1]-[228] pp.
Full blue morocco. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Spine lightly sunned. Front outer hinge and board edges a bit rubbed. Endpapers with some offsetting from the dentelles. Overall, very good.
HBS 65774.
$250.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65774
- Title
- Crock of Gold
- Author
- STEPHENS, James
- Illustrator
- MACKENZIE, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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Beverly Hills, California
About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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