Holland - Volume II
by De Amicis, Edmondo
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1894. Volume II only. Translated from the Thirteenth Edition of the Italian by Helen Zimmern. Full leather (or leatherette?) with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. 275 pp. plus a fold-out map. Illustrated. Very light wear to the spine ends and corners. A gift inscription, dated 1909, is written on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding. The dust jacket has light wear at the spine ends and is slightly faded on the spine. It seems a shame to cover such a gorgeous book with this drab dust jacket, but there you are.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015016
- Title
- Holland - Volume II
- Author
- De Amicis, Edmondo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Travel
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
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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.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...