FRESH GLEANINGS: Or, A New Sheaf From the Old Fields of Continental Europe
by Marvel, Ik [Mitchell, Donald Grant]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 336 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled w/ wear to extremities. Covers slightly cocked. Faint dampstains and light foxing throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair to Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15492
- Title
- FRESH GLEANINGS: Or, A New Sheaf From the Old Fields of Continental Europe
- Author
- Marvel, Ik [Mitchell, Donald Grant]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL DESCRIPTION CONTINENTAL EUROPE NONFICTION GENERAL AUTHORS MITCHELL DONALD GRANT 1822 1908
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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...