Keepsake Americain.
by Various
- Used
- Condition
- Very good, light wear to corners.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York & Philadelphia.: Foreign and Classical Bookstore., 1832. Elaborately tooled and gilt black calf, gilt borders inside covers, all edges gilt, glossy endpapers. Very good, light wear to corners.. 12mo.16.2x10 cm. . French text. Souvenir books for visitors to America, with a collection of contemporary literature, and steel engravings, in an elaborate binding. weight: 0.7 lb. 11 engraved plates including frontis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 182278
- Title
- Keepsake Americain.
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Elaborately tooled and gilt black calf, gilt borders inside covers, all edges gilt, glossy endpapers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, light wear to corners.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Foreign and Classical Bookstore.
- Place of Publication
- New York & Philadelphia.
- Date Published
- 1832
- Pages
- xii, 362 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- 12mo.16.2x10 cm.
Terms of Sale
Zephyr Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery for any reason.
About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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...
- 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...
- 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...