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History of New York City from the Discovery to the Present Day
by William L. Stone
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Fayetteville, New York, United States
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About This Item
James S. Virtue, 1872. Reprint. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Bound in brown leather and marbled paper. Leather corners are quite worn, they remain intact, paper is scuffed, spine worn at the edges, on the raised bands and at head/tail, decoration remains bright. Frontis and endpapers not present, front and rear hinges breaking but binding remains tight, title page is half torn out at binding with worn edges. 13 steel engravings present, 7 missing. 85 wood engravings and other illustrations. 1872 James S. Virtue. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
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- Bookseller
- Ivy Ridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11655
- Title
- History of New York City from the Discovery to the Present Day
- Author
- William L. Stone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- James S. Virtue
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 4.69 lbs
- Keywords
- history
Terms of Sale
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Ivy Ridge Books
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Fayetteville, New York
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Independent Bookseller
- A proud, but humble professional practitioner of the venerable tradition of book purveying. The independent bookseller hand...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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