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Family Memorials in Prose and Verse
by Theo. Elmore
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Morning Steam, Savannah, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. THEO. J. ELMORE. Family Memorials in Prose and Verse, Savannah: Morning New Steam Printing House , 1880. Octavo, presentation copy from the author to Eugene S. Marsh, pp. xx, 21-340, brown cloth boards with beveled edges and gilt lettering and fillets on front, albumen photo portrait signed by the author. Includes Elmore's inspirational writings and poetry, as well as writings of family members and an extensive genealogy. Not exactly a bestseller, and now available chiefly in digital form. Condition of this book: Generally poor: front cover and some leaves loose, internal insect damage, backstrip perished. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Front board is detached. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; United States; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54767. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54767
- Title
- Family Memorials in Prose and Verse
- Author
- Theo. Elmore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Morning Steam
- Place of Publication
- Savannah
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Genealogy & Local History; United States; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Theo. Elmore Family Memorials in Prose and Verse
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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