Holland As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
by Singleton, Esther
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Northport, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1906. First edition; 8vo.; blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations, hardcover; deckled page edges with gilt on top page edge; xii, 332 pages; black and white photographic illustrations; former owner's name and date on front free endpaper and bookplate on front paste-down endpaper else a clean tight copy in rubbed boards especially at spine ends and corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- WellRead Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32898
- Title
- Holland As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
- Author
- Singleton, Esther
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1906
- Keywords
- Europe, Holland, Travel, Decorative Covers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe;
Terms of Sale
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New York State orders must include appropriate sales tax. Books are returnable within ten days
About the Seller
WellRead Books
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Northport, New York
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...