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Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York
by Washington Irving
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press, 1940 Tight, square binding. Publisher's blue stain to edges of text block. Clean text and interior. Decorative end papers. Illustrations by Don Freeman. Yellow cloth with offset blue tile and gilt title on spine and front cover. Light soiling and a pea-sized stain to front cover (see picture).. Illus. by with lithographs by Don Freeman. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Genesee Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101655
- Title
- Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Illustrator
- with lithographs by Don Freeman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Genesee Books
Biblio member since 2016
Rochester, New York
About Genesee Books
Online book seller out of Rochester NY. My tastes are libertine and quirky and the selection of books tends to reflect those preferences.
Glossary
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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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