New York: Derby & Jackson. Good with no dust jacket. 1858. Hardcover. Red cloth with raised decoration and gilt spine decoration. Spine ends worn and some wear-through on edges and corners. There are two small dimples in the center of the front cover which also dimple the first several pages. Light soiling to covers. Owner's name. Contents vg, clean and tight. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 379 pages .

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Bookseller: Novel Ideas Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 500104
Title: The Life of George Washington
Author: Marshall, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Derby & Jackson
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1858
Bookseller catalogs: US History;

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...