England: Picturesque and Descriptive Reminiscences of Foreign Travel. In Two Volumes. Illustrated.
by Cook, Joel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1900 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. Volume I. xii, 402 pp. Volume II. viii, 412 pp. + large folding map First Edition, 1900. Lacking frontispiece Vol. I. Minor edge wear; a slight bump to fore-edge pages through frontis tissue; and light age-toning to bottom and fore- text block. No markings, tight binding and clean interior. 5.5" x 8". Blue cloth with decorative gilt crest and lettering to front board, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005744
- Title
- England: Picturesque and Descriptive Reminiscences of Foreign Travel. In Two Volumes. Illustrated.
- Author
- Cook, Joel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- TRAVEL ENGLAND HISTORY FOREIGN TRAVEL REMINISCENCES
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL;
- Size
- Octavo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- First Edition
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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...
- 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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