KESKACHAUGE OR THE FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT ON LONG ISLAND
by Van Wyck, Frederick
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Farmingville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover: Black cloth binding with title in gold on spine. Boards are rubbed and worn, frayed at all corners and edges. Previous owners label on front and rear paste-downs. Top edge gilt. Hinges front and rear have cracked and been glued in spots. Vintage fold outs, inserts and photos. Hinge cracked at page 130, with about ten pages loose, but not completely out. Rest of binding is tight. Occasional foxing. Errata slip pasted on to rear endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Koster's Collectible Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- INVENT007724I
- Title
- KESKACHAUGE OR THE FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT ON LONG ISLAND
- Author
- Van Wyck, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Koster's Collectible Books
Biblio member since 2003
Farmingville, New York
About Koster's Collectible Books
Welcome to Koster's Collectible Books. We have been selling quality out of print books since 1990. We invite you to browse our inventory. Although we carry most general categories, our specialties include Military History, Nautical & Naval History, Automobiles, Aviation, Railroads, Oceanliners, Sports & Sporting, the Arts and collectible Childrens books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
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