Library of the Late Major William H. Lambert of Philadelphia
by Lambert, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ (shelfwear to boards, library stamp inside front and rear covers. Binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean.)
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Art Association, 1914. Hardcover. Good+ (shelfwear to boards, library stamp inside front and rear covers. Binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean.). Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; red speckled block, divided into five parts. Part 1 has a bw portrait frontispiece, 124 pp; bw illustrations. Part 2 has a bw frontispiece, 187 pp, bw illustrations. Part 3 has 127 pp. Part 4 has a bw frontispiece, 132 pp. Part 5 has 64 pp. Each of the 5 parts have their own bw illustrated title page on brown thick cardstock paper. Numerous relevant newspaper articles have been mounted at the beginnings of several chapters. pt. 1. Lincolniana, 1st section. Sold January 14-16, 1914. 1028 entries -- pt. 2. Thackerayana. Sold February 25-27, 1914. 1331 entries -- pt. 3. Civil war. Sold March 9-10, 1914. 1194 entries -- pt. 4. Lincolniana, second section. Sold April 1-3, 1914. 1342 entries -- pt. 5. Lincolniana, third section: the portrait collection. Sold April 30, 1914. 828 entries.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 186424
- Title
- Library of the Late Major William H. Lambert of Philadelphia
- Author
- Lambert, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ (shelfwear to boards, library stamp inside front and rear covers. Binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Art Association
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Private Library: United States History ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.