Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakison, 1856. Published 1856. Worn copy of this collection of American humor in story format, illustrated with a frontis engraving and engraved title page. Red pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, 192 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers edgeworn and scuffed with a surface split along the lower portion of the front joint and horizontally across the spine, heavy rubbing to spine foot and chip to spine head, front hinges lightly cracked but text block sound, occasional light foxing, names on front free endpaper, pages otherwise unmarked. Reading copy, perhaps a bit better.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Resource Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 019017
Title: Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories
Author: Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Publisher: Lindsay & Blakison
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1856
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: HUMOR AMERICAN STORIES ANECDOTES COMIC
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;

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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....
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...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....