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Knickerbocker Birthday
by Vail, R. W. G
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: New York Historical Society, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. xx, 548, [2] pp. Bound in maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on black on spine, top edge gilt, in illustrated dust jacket. Full-color frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Inscribed by Author: "To Sidney W. Davidson,/patron of the arts, with/the admiration of his/friend/RWG Vail/dec. 1954" Very Good, foxing to edges of text block, and first and last few pages, rubbing to gilt on top edge, otherwise clean, binding square and sound, in Very Good dust jacket with 1/4" chip missing from head of spine, age-toning and light foxing overall.
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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003964
- Title
- Knickerbocker Birthday
- Author
- Vail, R. W. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- New York Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Garnet Books
Biblio member since 2008
Newark, New Jersey
About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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